Nikola Gruevski

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Nikola Gruevski
Nikola Gruevski

Nikola Gruevski (Macedonian: Никола Груевски) (born 31 August 1970 in Skopje) is the prime minister of Republic of Macedonia since August 28, 2006. He is also the leader of VMRO-DPMNE since May 2003. He was Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government led by Ljubco Georgievski until September 2002.

Among Gruevski's achievements as Minister of Finance was the privatisation of Fenimak. The government which sold the Macedonian Telecom to Hungarian Matav. Gruevski also implemented financial reforms, including the VAT (Value Added Tax) of 18%, requiring fiscal receipts for all Macedonian businesses, which was a program designed to fight tax evasion. His most famous program was "Kupuvajte makedonski proizvodi" ("Buy Macedonian Products"), which promoted buying Macedonian products, designated by logo with a sun with a happy face. His hope was that the program would boost domestic businesses.

After VMRO-DPMNE was defeated in the parliamentary elections in 2002, there was a period of infighting within the party. Gruevski emerged as the pro-EU leader, beating off the Georgievski camp. The former prime minister set up his own party (VMRO-People's Party), but VMRO-DPMNE retained most of the party's supporters.

The VMRO-DPMNE won the parliamentary elections of 5 July 2006. On August 25th he constituted the new government. His government has many new faces, mostly in their 30s in key ministries and other positions. He was the first to incorporate Macedonian expats from various world-wide positions as CEO's in his new government.

  • Gruevski, Nikola and Vaknin, Sam Macedonian Economy on a Crossroads, Skopje, NIP Noval Literatura, 1988. ISBN 9989610010


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