ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Skopje
geographische Koordinaten: 42 00 N, 21 26 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsed independence from Yugoslavia)

Nationalfeiertag

Ilinden Uprising Day, 2 August (1903); note - also known as Saint Elijah's Day

Konstitution

adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991; amended November 2001 by a series of new constitutional amendments strengthening minority rights and in 2005 with amendments related to the judiciary

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Branko CRVENKOVSKI (seit dem 12 May 2004)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Nikola GRUEVSKI (seit dem 26 August 2006)
cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the majority vote of all the deputies in the Assembly; note - current cabinet formed by the government coalition parties VMRO/DPMNE, NSDP, PDSh/DPA, and several small parties
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); two-round election last held 14 April and 28 April 2004 (next to be held by April 2009); prime minister elected by the Assembly following legislative elections
election results: Branko CRVENKOVSKI elected president on second-round ballot; percent of vote - Branko CRVENKOVSKI 62.7%, Sasko KEDEV 37.3%