Nikola Gruevski
Nikola Gruevski | |
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Никола Груевски | |
Gruevski in 2015 | |
| Prime Minister of Macedonia | |
| In office 27 August 2006 – 18 January 2016 | |
| President | Branko Crvenkovski Gjorge Ivanov |
| Preceded by | Vlado Bučkovski |
| Succeeded by | Emil Dimitriev |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 31 May 2017 – 23 December 2017 | |
| President | Gjorge Ivanov |
| Preceded by | Zoran Zaev |
| Succeeded by | Hristijan Mickoski |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 27 December 1999 – 11 January 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Ljubčo Georgievski |
| Preceded by | Boris Stojmenov |
| Succeeded by | Petar Gosev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1970 |
| Citizenship | Macedonian |
| Party | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | St. Clement of Ohrid University in Bitola Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |
Nikola Gruevski (Macedonian: Никола Груевски, pronounced ['nikɔla 'ɡruɛfski] ⓘ; born 31 August 1970) 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.
He instigated the controversial identity politics called antiquization and the project Skopje 2014. His rule in Macedonia (now North Macedonia) contributed to democratic backsliding and the regime he led was authoritarian. His government was responsible for the illegal wiretapping of 20,000 people in the country. In May 2018, he was sentenced to two years in prison on corruption charges, but in November 2018 he fled to Hungary, where he was granted political asylum. He has been also convicted in absentia.