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Nikola Gruevski
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Nikola Gruevski is a politician from North Macedonia who served as the country's Prime Minister. His time in office and subsequent political career have been significant in shaping Macedonia's recent history and governance.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikola
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Skopje
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
- Political party
- Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- C5E 0815 (16864370215) (cropped).jpg
- Convicted of
- corruption
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- Nikola Gruevski
- date of birth
- 1970-08-31
- name in native language
- Никола Груевски
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Encyclopedic overview
Nikola Gruevski (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.
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