Srgjan Kerim
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| In office September 18, 2007 – Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa |
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| Born | December 12, 1948 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia |
Dr. Srgjan Hasan Kerim (Macedonian: Срѓан Хасан Керим) is the President of the United Nations General Assembly. [1][2] His term of office began on September 18, 2007.[3]
He was Foreign Minister of the Republic of Macedonia in 2000 and 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he played the role of a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations in New York City. During his rich diplomatic career, from 1994 to 2000 he was Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the Federal Republic of Germany, and from 1995 to 2000 he was appointed Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In 2000 he was Special Envoy of the Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe.
The offices he held during his political career in the former SFR Yugoslavia include: Minister of Foreign Economic Relations in the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, Assistant Minister and Spokesperson in the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of SFR Yugoslavia.
As an expert in international economic relations, professor at the International Economic Relations Department in Belgrade and visiting professor at the Universities of Hamburg and New York, Dr. Kerim has published nine books and over a hundred scientific articles relating to international politics, international economy and youth problems in Macedonia and a number of other countries, such as Germany, France, Greece, Austria, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia. He fluently speaks Macedonian, English, German, French and Serbian.[citation needed]
He is of Macedonian and Turkish descent.
| Preceded by Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa |
President of the United Nations General Assembly 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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Mr. SRGJAN KERIM, Ph.D.,
General Manager of Media Print Macedonia General Manager of the WAZ Media Group for South-Eastern Europe
Born on 12 December 1948, in Skopje
Speaks English, German, French, Italian, Macedonian
Married, father of three
Education: 1967-1971: Graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade 1982: Won Ph.D. title in economic science
Career:
September 2007 president of the UN General Assembly
2003 General Manager of Media Print Republic of Macedonia (Member of the WAZ Media Group) and General Manager for South-Eastern Europe of the WAZ Media Group
2004 Chairman of the Board of "Politika Newspapers and magazines", Belgrade
2006 Honorable President of the Macedonian–German Economic Association
2003-2006 President of the Macedonian–German Economic Association
2001-2003 Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in the United Nations-New York City
2000-2001 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia
1999-2000 Special Envoy of the Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe;
1995-2000 Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to Switzerland.
1995-2000 Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to Liechtenstein.
1994-2000 Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the Federal Republic of Germany.
1992-1994 Vice-President of the "Copechim-France", Paris.
1989-1991 Vice-Minister and Spokesman at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1986-1989 Minister of Foreign Economic Relations at the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.
1976-1978 Member of the Presidency of the Youth Federation of SFR Yugoslavia and President of the Foreign Policy Committee.
1972-1991 Assistant and professor at the International Economic Relations Desk at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade; Visiting professor at the University in Hamburg, Germany and at the University in New York, United States.
[edit] Scientific work
- Author of 9 books in the field of international politics, international economy and youth issues, as well as of more than 100 scientific works published in several countries such as: Germany, France, Greece, Austria and former Yugoslavia.
- Upon assuming the office of Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia, he has delivered more than 60 lectures in the country of accreditation and in Austria, on Balkan issues in the context of international politics and economy.
Some of his works have been published in magazines and books such as:
- "Economic Development of Macedonia since 1991" - published in "Österreichische Osthefte" of the Austrian Institute for Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in Vienna.
- "Strategies for Integration of the Republic of Macedonia in EU and NATO"- publication project of the Defense University in Munich -Institute for International Politics and Human Rights (Lang or Nomos Publishing Ltd.)
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