Slavjanka Petrovska | |
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Славјанка Петровска | |
Minister of Defense | |
Assumed office January 17, 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Dimitar Kovačevski |
Preceded by | Radmila Šekerinska |
Member of the Macedonian Assembly | |
In office 2020–2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) | January 11, 1982
Nationality | Macedonian |
Political party | SDSM |
Alma mater | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |
Slavjanka Petrovska (born January 11, 1982) is a Мacedonian politician who has been the Minister of Defense of North Macedonia since January 2022.
Slavjanka Petrovska was born on January 11, 1982, in Skopje. [1] She completed her schooling there before graduating in law from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Skopje. [2] She is a candidate for a master's in administrative law at the same institution. [2]
Petrovska worked in the Secretariat on European Affairs from 2003 until 2006, then spent two years working at the Assembly on International Cooperation. [1] From 2008 until 2015, she worked for the National Council on Euro-Integration. [1]
Petrovska was in the Cabinet of the Minister of the Interior for two short stints in 2015 and 2016 and then Chief of Staff to the Minister from June 2017. [2] From January 2020 til July 2020 she was a Deputy Minister of Interior for the caretaker government before the July 2020 parliamentary elections. [2] She was then elected as a Member of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia for the ruling SDSM party, serving on the legislative, oversight, and national security committees. [2] [3]
Petrovska was appointed Minister of Defense by Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski on 17 January 2022. [2] [4] She said later that month that North Macedonia favoured a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine dispute. On 1 March, she announced that North Macedonia would donate military material and equipment to Ukraine. [5]
In June 2022, Petrovska attended the inaugural US-North Macedonia Strategic Dialogue in Washington DC [6] and in October 2022 she made a two-day official visit to Slovenia for bilateral talks. [7]