Vlado Bučkovski
Prime minister
Vlado Bučkovski (Macedonian: Владо Бучковски) (born December 2, 1962) is a former prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia, elected by parliament on December 15, 2004. He was previously the defense minister of Macedonia from May 2001 to November 2001 and from November 2002 to December 2004. He was president of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. After the 2006 election defeat by the centre-right VMRO-DPMNE, Radmila Šekerinska took over the party's leadership.On December 9, 2008, Bučkovski was found guilty of abuse of power while serving as defence minister during an armed conflict in 2001 and sentenced to three and a half years in jail.
Personal facts
| Birth date | December 02, 1962 |
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| Birth place | Skopje , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Socialist Republic of Macedonia |
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| Religion | Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric |
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