He was the Macedonian Minister of Education and Science from 29 May 2013 to 19 June 2014.

2005 — Graduated from the Faculty of Law “Justinian I”, at the Ss.

2007–2008 — Deputy Manager of the Agency for Supervision of Fully Funded Pension Insurance — MAPAS.

In 2021, Ristovski was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to up to 6.5 years' imprisonment for his role in organizing the 2017 storming of the Macedonian Parliament.

He was ordered released by a court in Skopje in 2025, citing a 2018 amnesty law.