Gjorge Ivanov

[4] He is the founder and honorary president of the Macedonian Political Science Association and one of the founding members of the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis, a leading analytical centre in North Macedonia.

[4] His professional career began in 1988, when he became an editor at the Macedonian Radio and Television, the national broadcasting station.

[9] One day after his election, Ivanov reaffirmed his intention for a meeting to be realised between him and the president of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.

[10] After a meeting with the president of the Democratic Union for Integration, Ali Ahmeti, Ivanov announced that he will also include ethnic Albanian intellectuals in his future presidential cabinet.

[15] The second inauguration of President Ivanov was held on 12 May 2014 in the Macedonian parliament The swearing-in ceremony was attended the prime minister Nikola Gruevski, military officials, leaders of the religious communities in Macedonia and foreign ambassadors in the county.

[16] On the day Ivanov officially became president of his country, he sent a letter to the president of the United States Barack Obama in which he underlined The Republic Of Macedonia's aim to join NATO and EU and to find a "mutually acceptable solution" to the "name difference" with neighbouring Greece.

[17] One day after the inauguration, Ivanov together with Prime Minister Gruevski travelled to Brussels to meet with the European Union and NATO officials.

A move that the opposition called Ivanov's coup d'état and an effective disagreement to cooperate and find a common ground solution to the problem.

[23] A demonstration occurred in Skopje on 13 April, with the presidential offices being attacked by rioters and several people detained.

Ivanov with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku, 10 March 2016
Ivanov with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, 24 May 2017
Ivanov with Brazilian President Michel Temer in Brasília, 12 December 2017
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