- Tito Petkovski
Tito Petkovski ( _mk. Тито Петковски) was born on
January 23 ,1945 inKriva Palanka ,Yugoslavia (Macedonia). He is a politician of theRepublic of Macedonia , and leads theNew Social Democratic Party .Petkovski earned his Law degree from
Skopje University and went on to work in the municipal courts for theState Bureau of Physical Planning .A member of the
League of Communists of Macedonia 's city branch, Petkovski has served as aMember of Parliament since 1991.Petkovski was
Vice-Speaker of theAssembly of the Republic of Macedonia in its first parliamentary mandate (1990-1994) andSpeaker of the Assembly from 1996 to 1998.Petkovski was the Social Democrat candidate in the 1999 presidential election. In the first round he took first place by a wide margin, receiving 33% of the vote. He was defeated in the second round, in controversial results, by
Boris Trajkovski , receiving 45% of the vote.A prominent member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, he left the party in November 2005 to create the New Social Democratic Party.
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