Radmila Šekerinska

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Radmila Šekerinska

Radmila Šekerinska (Macedonian: Радмила Шекеринска; born 10 June 1972 in Skopje, Yugoslavia – nowadays Republic of Macedonia) is the current leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and the main opposition leader in parliament. Šekerinska was previously deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia and National Coordinatior of Foreign Assistance and was the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from May 12, 2004 until June 12, 2004 and from November 3, 2004 until December 15, 2004. She was elected November 5, 2006 the SDSM leader.^[1]

Šekerinska graduated in 1995 from Skopje's Faculty of Electrical Engineering. She became involved in the Open Society Institute of George Soros and in 1996 won a seat on Skopje City Council, which she held until she was elected to the Macedonian parliament in 1998. She subsequently became the deputy chairwoman of the SDSM.

On 4 November 2002 the then prime minister Branko Crvenkovski appointed Šekerinska as deputy prime minister with special responsibility for integration with the European Union. She served as spokeswoman in Crvenkovski's successful campaign for the Macedonian presidency during March–April 2004. She then served as acting prime minister for three weeks after Crvenkovski resigned to become president. Šekerinska was reappointed deputy prime minister in the government of Crvenkovski's successor as prime minister, Hari Kostov, on 3 June 2004.

After Kostov resigned in November 2004 over disputes within the ruling coalition, Šekerinska took over as the acting prime minister pending the election of Kostov's successor. She reverted to her former role in December 2004 when Vlado Bučkovski formed a government.

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^ Sekerinska elected leader of Macedonia's main opposition party

Preceded by Branko Crvenkovski	Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia 2004	Succeeded by Hari Kostov
Preceded by Hari Kostov	Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia 2004	Succeeded by Vlado Bučkovski

	Prime Ministers of the Republic of Macedonia
	Nikola Kljusev \| Branko Crvenkovski \| Ljubcho Georgievski \| Branko Crvenkovski \| Radmila Šekerinska (acting) \| Hari Kostov \| Radmila Šekerinska (acting) \| Vlado Bučkovski \| Nikola Gruevski