| Minister of Defense of the Republic of North Macedonia | |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia | |
| Member of | The Government |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of North Macedonia |
| Formation | 20 March 1991 |
| First holder | Risto Damjanovski |
Minister of Defense of the Republic of North Macedonia is a post (minister) to lead the Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia. Currently, the post is held by Slavjanka Petrovska,[1] since 2022. She succeeded Radmila Šekerinska who held the office from 2017 to 2022.
The first Macedonian defense minister was Trajan Gocevski, who was in office in 1992. Vlado Popovski and Vlado Buchkovski were re-elected for the post that means they have served for two mandates each. The minister for the shortest amount of time was the first one, Trajan Gocevski, while for the longest period was Vlado Popovski.
A list of all Ministers of Defense of North Macedonia follows:[2]
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Risto Damjanovski (born 1937) | 20 March 1991 | 10 January 1992 | 296 days | Independent | |
| 2 | Trajan Gocevski (born 1950) | 10 January 1992 | 4 September 1992 | 238 days | SDSM | |
| 3 | Vlado Popovski (born 1941) | 4 September 1992 | 21 December 1994 | 2 years, 108 days | SDSM | |
| 4 | Blagoja Handzhiski (born 1948) | 21 December 1994 | 29 May 1997 | 2 years, 159 days | SDSM | |
| 5 | Lazar Kitanovski (1948–2011) | 29 May 1997 | 1 December 1998 | 1 year, 186 days | SDSM | |
| 6 | Nikola Kljusev (1927–2008) | 1 December 1998 | 28 July 2000 | 1 year, 240 days | VMRO-DPMNE | |
| 7 | Ljuben Paunovski (born 1958) | 28 July 2000 | 13 May 2001 | 289 days | VMRO-DPMNE | |
| 8 | Vlado Bučkovski (born 1962) | 13 May 2001 | 26 November 2001 | 197 days | SDSM | |
| (3) | Vlado Popovski (born 1941) | 26 November 2001 | 1 November 2002 | 340 days | Independent | |
| (8) | Vlado Bučkovski (born 1962) | 1 November 2002 | 17 December 2004 | 2 years, 46 days | SDSM | |
| 9 | Jovan Manasievski (born 1968) | 17 December 2004 | 26 August 2006 | 1 year, 252 days | LDP | |
| 10 | Lazar Elenovski (born 1971) | 26 August 2006 | 27 July 2008 | 1 year, 336 days | New Social Democratic | |
| 11 | Zoran Konjanovski (born 1967) | 27 July 2008 | 28 July 2011 | 3 years, 1 day | VMRO-DPMNE | |
| 12 | Fatmir Besimi (born 1975) | 28 July 2011 | 18 February 2013 | 1 year, 205 days | BDI | |
| 13 | Talat Xhaferi (born 1961) | 18 February 2013 | 19 June 2014 | 1 year, 121 days | BDI | |
| 14 | Zoran Jolevski (born 1959) | 19 June 2014 | 31 May 2017 | 2 years, 346 days | VMRO-DPMNE | |
| 15 | Radmila Šekerinska (born 1972) | 31 May 2017 | 17 January 2022 | 4 years, 231 days | SDSM | |
| 16 | Slavjanka Petrovska (born 1982) | 17 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 77 days | SDSM | |
![Risto Damjanovski [mk]](/en/File:No_image.png)
![Lazar Kitanovski [mk]](/en/File:Lazar_Kitanoski.jpg)
![Jovan Manasievski [mk]](/en/File:Jovan_Manasievski.jpg)
![Zoran Konjanovski [mk]](/en/File:Zoran_Konjanovski_crop.jpg)
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