Ljupčo Jordanovski (Macedonian: Љупчо Јордановски, pronounced [ʎupt͡ʃɔ jɔrdanɔfski]; February 13, 1953 – October 7, 2010[1]) was a Macedonian seismologist and politician.
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Jordanovski received his BEng in Electrical Engineering from the University of Zagreb. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1985.
Jordanovski was born in Štip. He was a member of the SDSM party. He took office as Speaker of the Assembly on November 18, 2003. As Speaker of the Assembly, according to Macedonia's constitution he was the successor to the president in the event of the president's inability to serve. Accordingly, when President Boris Trajkovski was killed in a plane crash on February 26, 2004, Jordanovski was sworn in as president.
He was the acting president of the Republic of Macedonia from February 26, 2004, to May 12, 2004. He left office after presidential elections in which he did not run. He continued in his role as Speaker after his time as acting president, until August 2, 2006.
On July 6, 2006, he was accredited as the Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the United States of America, but at the end of December he was recalled by the Macedonian Government. He died unexpectedly in Skopje.