96 Notable alumni of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje

Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje is 1355st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 96 notable alumni from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Stefan Markovski

1. Stefan Markovski

1990-. (aged 36)
writer poet editing staff screenwriter
Stefan Markovski is a Macedonian writer, screenwriter, poet, philosopher and translator.
Ivan Djeparoski

2. Ivan Djeparoski

1958-. (aged 68)
poet writer translator
Ivan Djeparoski(born 1958 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is a philosopher, cultural theorist, poet and translator. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine where he received his M.A. and Ph.D. He is an author of fourteen books in the field of aesthetics and cultural theory, five poetry books and also of two...
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Blaga Aleksova

3. Blaga Aleksova

1922-2007 (aged 85)
archaeologist
Blaga Aleksova was a Macedonian archaeologist.
Maja Hill

4. Maja Hill

1976-. (aged 50)
painter
Maja Hill is a Macedonian artist and painter.
Ana Stojanoska

5. Ana Stojanoska

1977-. (aged 49)
editing staff university teacher writer theatrologist poet
Dr. Ana Stojanoska, born 22 November 1977 in Prilep, SR Macedonia is a theatre researcher and writer.
Ivan Čapovski

6. Ivan Čapovski

1936-. (aged 90)
writer
Ivan Čapovski is a Macedonian writer, poet and novelist.
Sofija Trenčovska

7. Sofija Trenčovska

1975-. (aged 51)
translator journalist philologist writer
Sofija Trenchovska is a writer, editor, producer, philologist and cultural activist from North Macedonia, living in Great Britain.
Robert Veljanovski

8. Robert Veljanovski

1968-. (aged 58)
actor
Robert Veljanovski is a Macedonian actor and former Director of the Drama Theatre in Skopje, Macedonia.
Paskal Sotirovski

9. Paskal Sotirovski

1927-2003 (aged 76)
astrophysicist
Paskal Sotirovski, was a Macedonian astrophysicist, specializing in solar physics.
Georgi Efremov

10. Georgi Efremov

1932-2011 (aged 79)
university teacher biologist anatomist geneticist biochemist
Georgi D. Efremov was a Macedonian academic and scientist at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonia, and a professor in the Faculty of Agricultural Science and Food in Skopje. He was specialized in genetic engineering in human medicine, veterinary medicine, and animal biotechnology. He was a former Ambassador and Minister of Science in the Republic of Macedonia.
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Simeon Simev

11. Simeon Simev

1949-. (aged 77)
poet writer journalist
Simeon or Simyon Simev is a poet, essayist and journalist in North Macedonia.
Petar Atanasov

12. Petar Atanasov

1939-. (aged 87)
linguist
Petar Atanasov is a Megleno-Romanian linguist from North Macedonia. His scientific interests include lexicography and Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romance linguistics. He was a professor in the Faculty of Philology at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.
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Zharko Basheski

13. Zharko Basheski

1957-. (aged 69)
teacher sculptor
Zharko Basheski is a Macedonian sculptor and professor in the Sculpture Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje. His work falls under the hyperrealism movement, with a specific focus on the human body.
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Elizabeta Kančeska-Milevska

14. Elizabeta Kančeska-Milevska

1970-. (aged 56)
politician sociologist
Elizabeta Kančeska-Milevska is a Macedonian politician and former Minister of Culture in the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.
Vlado Goreski

15. Vlado Goreski

1958-. (aged 68)
painter
Vlado Goreski – Rafik is a Macedonian-Slovenian graphic artist and scenographer.
Georgi Konstantinovski

16. Georgi Konstantinovski

1930-2020 (aged 90)
university teacher architect writer
Georgi Konstantinovski was a Macedonian architect, writer and educator. He graduated from the SS Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Architecture in Skopje in 1956 and received his Master of Architecture Degree from Yale University, under the mentorship of Paul Rudolph and Serge Chermayeff, in 1965. His early works are stylistically considered Brutalist. In New York City, he worked and...
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Siljan Avramovski

17. Siljan Avramovski

1960-. (aged 66)
politician police officer
Siljan Avramovski is a Macedonian police official and former Minister of Internal Affairs in Macedonian Government that was in power since 2002.
Ivan Katardžiev

18. Ivan Katardžiev

1926-2018 (aged 92)
historian
Ivan Katardžiev was a Macedonian historian. He was regarded as the country's most important expert on the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) and the Macedonian history under Yugoslavia as well as the early years of independence. He was also director of the Macedonian Institute for National History.
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Jovan Trifunoski

19. Jovan Trifunoski

1914-1997 (aged 83)
university teacher geographer anthropologist
Jovan Trifunoski was a Serbian, Yugoslav and Macedonian geographer and anthropologist.
Dimitrije Bužarovski

20. Dimitrije Bužarovski

1952-. (aged 74)
composer pianist conductor music educator
Dimitrije Bužarovski Ph.D. is a Macedonian composer, versatile artist and a scholar with interests in different fields: composition, musicology, computer and electronic music, performance, teaching and research.
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Božin Pavlovski

21. Božin Pavlovski

1942-. (aged 84)
writer
Božin Pavlovski is a Macedonian-Australian novelist whose works have been translated into more than twenty languages. He is a novelist–mediator between two cultures whose novels interpret the binary logic by which his characters are both “here” and in the country in which they were born or originate from.
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Lazar Elenovski

22. Lazar Elenovski

1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Lazar Elenovski is a Macedonian politician, former Minister of Defence, elected on 26 August 2006 until 26 July 2008. He was Ambassador of Macedonia to Belgium and Luxembourg from September 2012 till December 2016 and Special Representative of the Macedonian Government to NATO from March 2018 until May 2020.
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Mile Markovski

23. Mile Markovski

1939-1975 (aged 36)
writer
Mile Markovski was a Bulgarian and Macedonian writer.
Vlado Misajlovski

24. Vlado Misajlovski

1985-. (aged 41)
politician
Vlado Misajlovski is a politician from North Macedonia. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications in the cabinet of Nikola Gruevski from 13 May 2015, until 31 May 2017.
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Katica Ḱulavkova

25. Katica Ḱulavkova

1951-. (aged 75)
literary critic poet writer translator university teacher
Katica Kulavkova is a Macedonian writer and academic. She has published over forty books, including twenty collections of poetry. Kulavkova is a professor in the philology faculty at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje and a vice president of the literary organization PEN International.
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Bogomil Ǵuzel

26. Bogomil Ǵuzel

1939-2021 (aged 82)
linguist poet writer
Bogomil Gjuzel was a Macedonian poet, writer, playwright and translator.
Žamila Kolonomos

27. Žamila Kolonomos

1922-2013 (aged 91)
writer partisan university teacher activist
Žamila Andžela Kolonomos was a Sephardi Jewish partisan, writer, academic, and political activist in what is now North Macedonia.
Andrej Žernovski

28. Andrej Žernovski

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Andrej Žernovski is a Macedonian politician, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the former Deputy foreign minister of his country. He served as mayor of the Centar Municipality of Skopje between 2013 and 2017.
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Vasko Naumovski

29. Vasko Naumovski

1980-. (aged 46)
diplomat politician
Vasko Naumovski is a Macedonian diplomat and politician of VMRO-DPMNE, having served as a Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia in Nikola Gruevski's government for the period of 2009–2011, responsible for the country's European integration.
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Nina Angelovska

30. Nina Angelovska

1988-. (aged 38)
minister
Nina Angelovska was the Minister of Finance in North Macedonia. She is also an entrepreneur, UNCTAD eTrade for Women Advocate and president of the Macedonian E-commerce Association. She co-founded and led the first deal platform and e-commerce company in Macedonia, Grouper.mk. She made a successful exit when the Polish Group Asseco SEE acquired her company, Grouper.mk.
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Koce Trajanovski

31. Koce Trajanovski

1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Koce Trajanovski is a Macedonian politician. He is a member of the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. He served as the Mayor of Skopje from 2009 to 2017. Before he was the mayor of Skopje, he was a Member of Parliament and mayor of the Gazi Baba Municipality. He was born in 1956 in Skopje. He studied at the Faculty of Mechanical...
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Miroslav Stojanovski

32. Miroslav Stojanovski

1959-. (aged 67)
military officer
Miroslav Stojanovski is a Macedonian military officer who holds the rank of lieutenant general and was the longest-serving Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (2005–2011).
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Savo Klimovski

33. Savo Klimovski

1947-. (aged 79)
university teacher lawyer politician
Savo Klimovski is a Macedonian lawyer and politician. He served as interim President of Macedonia from 19 November to 15 December 1999. He studied law at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, where he became a dean in 1992. From 1986 to 1991 he was Minister of Education and from 1994 to 2000 had been elected to Parliament from...
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Todor Petrov

34. Todor Petrov

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Todor Petrov is the president of the Macedonian diaspora organisation World Macedonian Congress (WMC). Petrov is a councillor in the electorate of Gazi Baba.
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Ivan Stoilković

35. Ivan Stoilković

1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Ivan Stoilković is a Macedonian politician serving as deputy prime minister of North Macedonia and minister of inter-community relations since 2024. An ethnic Serb, he has been the president of the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia (DPSM) since 2001 and a member of the Assembly of North Macedonia from 2002 to 2024.
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Zoran Jolevski

36. Zoran Jolevski

1959-. (aged 67)
diplomat economist politician
Zoran Jolevski is a Macedonian diplomat and the former minister of defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense, he served as Macedonia's ambassador to the United States of America. In November 2008, he was appointed chief negotiator to the Macedonia naming dispute, and in 2011 he was appointed Ambassador to the United Mexican...
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Elizabeta Gjorgievska

37. Elizabeta Gjorgievska

1972-. (aged 54)
researcher physician
Elizabeta Gjorgievska is a Macedonian physician who is the wife of the fifth President Stevo Pendarovski and the former First Lady of North Macedonia.
Igor Durlovski

38. Igor Durlovski

1977-. (aged 49)
opera singer
Igor Durlovski is a Macedonian bass opera singer and politician.
Denko Maleski

39. Denko Maleski

1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Denko Maleski is a Macedonian intellectual, diplomat, and professor at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.
Jordan Plevnes

40. Jordan Plevnes

1953-. (aged 73)
writer poet diplomat politician
Jordan Plevnes is a Macedonian writer and diplomat. From 2000 to 2005 he served as Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to France, Spain and Portugal. Since 2006 he has served as vice president of UNESCO's international committee for dialogue between civilizations.
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Timotej of Debar and Kichevo

41. Timotej of Debar and Kichevo

1951-2024 (aged 73)
Eastern Orthodox priest
Timotej of Debar and Kichevo was the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Debar and Kichevo which is part of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. He was born in Mlado Nagorichane, Kumanovo, Republic of North Macedonia. Timotej died from heart disease in Skopje, on 25 November 2024, at the age of 73.
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Lidija Dimkovska

42. Lidija Dimkovska

1971-. (aged 55)
novelist prose writer writer translator poet
Lidija Dimkovska, born 1971, is a Macedonian poet, novelist and translator. She was born in Skopje and studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje. She proceeded to obtain a PhD in Romanian literature at the University of Bucharest. She has taught Macedonian language and literature at the University of Bucharest and world literature at the University of Nova Gorica...
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Trajko Veljanovski

43. Trajko Veljanovski

1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer politician
Trajko Veljanovski is a Macedonian politician who was the President of the Assembly of North Macedonia from 2008 to 2017. He was graduated from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University working as a lawyer until 1999.
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Taki Fiti

44. Taki Fiti

1950-. (aged 76)
politician economist
Taki Fiti is an economist and former Minister of Finance of North Macedonia.
Antonio Milošoski

45. Antonio Milošoski

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Antonio Milošoski is a Macedonian politician, former minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Macedonia from 2006 to 2011 and a member of VMRO-DPMNE.
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Ilinka Mitreva

46. Ilinka Mitreva

1950-2022 (aged 72)
university teacher philologist politician
Ilinka Mitreva was a Macedonian politician. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2001 and from 2002 to 2006 and represented Macedonia at the Council of Europe.
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Venko Andonovski

47. Venko Andonovski

1964-. (aged 62)
playwright poet literary critic writer literary theorist
Venko Andonovski is a Macedonian writer, essayist, critic and literary theorist.
Ratko Janev

48. Ratko Janev

1939-2019 (aged 80)
university teacher nuclear physicist theoretical physicist
Ratko Janev was a Yugoslav and Serbian atomic physicist and Macedonian academician.
Filip Petrovski

49. Filip Petrovski

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Filip Tihomir Petrovski is a Macedonian political activist and librarian.
Gane Todorovski

50. Gane Todorovski

1929-2010 (aged 81)
literary critic university teacher writer translator poet
Dragan "Gane" Todorovski was a Macedonian poet, translator, essayist, literary critic, and historian, publicist.
Maxim Dimitrievsky

51. Maxim Dimitrievsky

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Maksim Dimitrievski - Makso is the incumbent mayor of Kumanovo Municipality. Previously he was a member of the City Council, President of the Council of Kumanovo Municipality, and a former member of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.
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Fatmir Besimi

52. Fatmir Besimi

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Fatmir Besimi is a Macedonian politician and economist of Albanian ethnicity. He served as Minister of Finance in North Macedonia from 2020 to 2024. He also served twice as Minister of Economy (December 2004 – June 2006 and August 2008 – July 2011) then Minister of Defence (August 2011 – February 2013) and after that he was Deputy Prime Minister...
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Živko Čingo

53. Živko Čingo

1935-1987 (aged 52)
playwright writer journalist
Živko Čingo was a Macedonian writer, born in Velgosti, near Ohrid, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Saško Kedev

54. Saško Kedev

1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Saško Kedev, also Sashko Kedev (born 6 July 1962) is a Macedonian politician, doctor of medical sciences, and mountaineer. He is a member of the political party VMRO-DPMNE.
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Dimitar Dimitrov

55. Dimitar Dimitrov

1937-. (aged 89)
education minister ambassador philosopher writer children's writer
Dimitar Dimitrov is a Macedonian former governmental minister, diplomat, professor of philosophy, and writer.
Mateja Matevski

56. Mateja Matevski

1929-2018 (aged 89)
linguist poet literary critic writer theatre critic
Mateja Matevski was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.
Ljubomir Frčkoski

57. Ljubomir Frčkoski

1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher jurist politician
Ljubomir Danailov Frčkoski is a Macedonian diplomat who is current Permanent Representative of North Macedonia to the United Nations and a full-time professor at the Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus" (Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, North Macedonia) in Public International Law, Contemporary Political Sciences and Negotiation in Identity conflicts.
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Olivera Nikolova

58. Olivera Nikolova

1936-2024 (aged 88)
writer novelist
Olivera Nikolova was a Macedonian author who was considered to be one of the top novelists of her country. She was born in 1936 in Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. Nikolova graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, and worked as a screenwriter for radio and television programs. She wrote for...
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Gordana Jankuloska

59. Gordana Jankuloska

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Gordana Jankuloska is the former 10th Interior Minister of the Government of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). She was a Minister in four cabinets of Nikola Gruevski. During the 2015 Macedonian protests, activists demanded that Gruevski and his cabinet resign. Jankuloska and two others resigned from their positions. She was replaced as the interior minister by Mitko Čavkov. Jankuloska was sentenced...
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Teuta Arifi

60. Teuta Arifi

1969-. (aged 57)
university teacher politician
Teuta Arifi is a Macedonian politician of Albanian origin.
Timčo Mucunski

61. Timčo Mucunski

1989-. (aged 37)
civil servant politician
Timčo Mucunski is a Macedonian politician who serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and a university professor. He is the incumbent vice-president of the right-wing political party VMRO-DPMNE. He served as Deputy Minister of Information Society and Public Administration in the Government of the Republic of Macedonia between 2015 and 2017 and as a Member of...
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Vlado Jovanovski

62. Vlado Jovanovski

1967-. (aged 59)
actor
Vlado Jovanovski is a Macedonian actor. His film credits include principal roles in prominent Macedonian films such as Bal-Can-Can and Mirage.
Gjorgji Kolozov

63. Gjorgji Kolozov

1948-2003 (aged 55)
actor television actor
Gjorgi Kolozov was one of the best-known Macedonian actors. He became famous by playing one of the main roles in the television series Makedonski narodni prikazni (Macedonian Folk Tales), which aired in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Vidoe Podgorec

64. Vidoe Podgorec

1934-1997 (aged 63)
poet writer
Vidoe Podgorec was a Macedonian writer and poet. He was born in Kolešino near Strumica and lived in Skopje. He wrote for children and adults and published a great number of poems, stories and novels.
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Ljube Boškoski

65. Ljube Boškoski

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Ljube Boškoski is a Macedonian politician and former Minister of Internal Affairs of Macedonia (now North Macedonia).
Vlado Janevski

66. Vlado Janevski

1960-. (aged 66)
singer
Vladimir Vlado Janevski is a Macedonian singer. He was North Macedonia's first Eurovision contestant, finishing 19th in Birmingham at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne Zori, Zoro".
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Dimitar Apasiev

67. Dimitar Apasiev

1983-. (aged 43)
academic politician
Dimitar Apasiev is a Macedonian legal scholar and politician. He is the leader of the political party The Left and a professor of Law at the Goce Delčev University of Štip. During the 2020 Macedonian parliamentary election, his party won two seats, making him a member of the Assembly of North Macedonia.
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Stojan Andov

68. Stojan Andov

1935-2024 (aged 89)
opinion journalist politician writer diplomat economist
Stojan Andov was a Macedonian politician, a founding member of the Liberal Party of Macedonia, and a president of Assembly.
Venko Filipče

69. Venko Filipče

1977-. (aged 49)
Venko Filipče is a Macedonian neurosurgeon, former health minister of North Macedonia from 2017 to 2022, and the president of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. He served as the health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia. In addition to his work as a surgeon and health minister, Filipče has also published scientific articles in medical neurosurgical journals.
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Zan Mitrev

70. Zan Mitrev

1961-. (aged 65)
surgeon physician
Dr. Zan Mitrev is a Macedonian cardiovascular surgeon and medical academic currently working and residing in Skopje, North Macedonia who has been serving, since 1999, as General Manager and owner of the Filip Vtori Clinic special hospital for surgery, now renamed as "Zan Mitrev Clinic" special hospital for surgery in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.
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Emil Dimitriev

71. Emil Dimitriev

1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Emil Dimitriev is a Macedonian conservative politician, sociologist, and general secretary of the VMRO-DPMNE. He served as Prime Minister of Macedonia, following the resignation of Nikola Gruevski, from January 2016 to May 2017.
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Jordan Kamchev

72. Jordan Kamchev

1970-. (aged 56)
Jordan "Orce" Kamchev is a Macedonian businessman. According to Forbes, he was the richest person in North Macedonia in 2015, with net a worth of 228 million euros.
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Igor Džambazov

73. Igor Džambazov

1963-. (aged 63)
singer poet writer musician television actor
Igor Džambazov is a Macedonian actor, showman, TV presenter, comedian, singer, songwriter, and prosaist. He was born on July 15, 1963, in Skopje to composer Aleksandar Džambazov and actress Anče Džambazova. His grandfather was the renowned Macedonian actor Petre Prličko.
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Nikola Dimitrov

74. Nikola Dimitrov

1972-. (aged 54)
diplomat politician
Nikola Dimitrov is a Macedonian politician and diplomat, who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for North Macedonia from 31 May 2017 to 30 August 2020. He also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2000 and Macedonian ambassador to the United States and then the Netherlands. In 2014, he turned down an appointment as Macedonia's new ambassador...
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Vasil Tupurkovski

75. Vasil Tupurkovski

1951-. (aged 75)
politician political commissar
Vasil Tupurkovski is a Macedonian academic, politician and the former president of the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia.
Vlado Bučkovski

76. Vlado Bučkovski

1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer politician
Vlado Bučkovski is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2004 to 2006. He previously served as Minister of Defence from May to November 2001 and from 2002 to 2004. He was president of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. After the 2006 election defeat by the centre-right VMRO-DPMNE, Radmila Šekerinska took over the party's leadership.
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Oliver Spasovski

77. Oliver Spasovski

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Oliver Spasovski is a Macedonian politician.
Ljubčo Georgievski

78. Ljubčo Georgievski

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Ljubčo Georgievski is a Macedonian politician and writer who served as the only Vice President of Macedonia from January to October 1991 and as the Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1998 to 2002. He advocated for the country's independence.
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Radmila Šekerinska

79. Radmila Šekerinska

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Radmila Šekerinska Jankovska is a Macedonian politician who has been serving as the Deputy Secretary General of NATO since December 2024. Previously she served as the defense minister of North Macedonia and a former leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM). Šekerinska was previously Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and National Coordinator for Foreign Assistance of North...
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Milcho Manchevski

80. Milcho Manchevski

1959-. (aged 67)
photographer film producer film director screenwriter director
Milcho Manchevski is a Macedonian-American film director, photographer and artist.
Toni Mihajlovski

81. Toni Mihajlovski

1967-. (aged 59)
film actor actor television actor
Toni Mihajlovski is a Macedonian theater, motion picture and television actor, stand up comedian, presenter and showman.
Bujar Osmani

82. Bujar Osmani

1979-. (aged 47)
politician physician
Bujar Osmani is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia from 2020 until 2024 and Minister of Health from 2008 until 2011. In June 2017, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European affairs. On 30 August 2020, Osmani became Minister of Foreign Affairs. Osmani was the first...
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Nikola Ristanovski

83. Nikola Ristanovski

1969-. (aged 57)
actor
Nikola "Kole" Ristanovski is a Macedonian actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1993.
Stevo Pendarovski

84. Stevo Pendarovski

1963-. (aged 63)
university teacher politician
Stevo Pendarovski is a Macedonian politician who served as the President of North Macedonia from 2019 to 2024.
Miroslav Ilić

85. Miroslav Ilić

1950-. (aged 76)
singer
Miroslav Ilić is a Serbian singer. Born in the village of Mrčajevci near Čačak, he made his recording debut whilst still in elementary school. Ilić came to prominence upon the release of his 1972 single "Voleo Sam Devojku Iz Grada".
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Gjorge Ivanov

86. Gjorge Ivanov

1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher editor politician
Gjorge Ivanov is a Macedonian academic and politician, who served as the President of (North) Macedonia from 2009 to 2019.
Boris Trajkovski

87. Boris Trajkovski

1956-2004 (aged 48)
politician
Boris Trajkovski was a Macedonian politician who served as the president of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash.
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

88. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

1953-. (aged 73)
jurist professor politician
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is a Macedonian university law professor and jurist serving as the president of North Macedonia since May 2024. She was a candidate for the 2019 presidential elections, losing to Stevo Pendarovski in the runoff. She ran again in the 2024 presidential elections and defeated Pendarovski by a landslide in a rematch election. She is North Macedonia's first female...
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Branko Crvenkovski

89. Branko Crvenkovski

1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Branko Crvenkovski is a Macedonian politician who served as the President of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 2004 to 2009. He previously served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2004.
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Hristijan Mickoski

90. Hristijan Mickoski

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Hristijan Mickoski is a Macedonian politician and former mechanical engineer, currently serving as Prime Minister of North Macedonia, a position he has held since June 2024. He is also a university professor and the party leader of VMRO-DPMNE. In 2016, Mickoski became the director of Power Plants of Macedonia, and in the period from 2015 to 2017, he was an...
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Zoran Zaev

91. Zoran Zaev

1974-. (aged 52)
politician economist
Zoran Zaev is a Macedonian economist and politician who served as prime minister of North Macedonia from May 2017 to January 2020, and again from August 2020 to January 2022.
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Nikola Gruevski

92. Nikola Gruevski

1970-. (aged 56)
politician economist
Nikola Gruevski is a former Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation in 2016, in accordance with the internationally mediated Pržino Agreement due to the Macedonian political crisis, and led the party VMRO-DPMNE from 2004 to 2017. He was the longest serving post-independence Macedonian prime minister, serving more than nine years in office.
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Dimitar Kovačevski

93. Dimitar Kovačevski

1974-. (aged 52)
politician economist
Dimitar Kovačevski is a Macedonian politician and economist who served as prime minister of North Macedonia from January 2022 to January 2024.
Jasna Koteska

94. Jasna Koteska

1970-. (aged 56)
writer philosopher opinion journalist university teacher
Jasna Koteska is a Macedonian writer, philosopher and academic.
Nikola Poposki

95. Nikola Poposki

1977-. (aged 49)
diplomat economist politician
Nikola Poposki was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia until 31 May 2017. Prior to that role, in 2010–2011 he served as the country's ambassador to the European Union.
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Neyko Nenov

96. Neyko Nenov

1961-2015 (aged 54)
military personnel military officer
Neyko N. Nenov was a Bulgarian major general.