Ivan Stoilković (Macedonian: Иван Стоилковиќ, Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Стоилковић, born 15 February 1962) is a Macedonian politician serving as deputy prime minister of North Macedonia and minister of inter-community relations since 2024. An ethnic Serb, he has been the president of the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia (DPSM) since 2001 and a member of the Assembly of North Macedonia from 2002 to 2024.[1]
Ivan Stoilković | |
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Иван Стоилковиќ | |
.jpg) Stoilković in 2024 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia | |
| Assumed office 23 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Hristijan Mickoski |
| Preceded by | Artan Grubi |
| Minister of Inter-Community Relations | |
| Assumed office 23 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Hristijan Mickoski |
| Preceded by | Artan Grubi |
| Member of the Assembly of North Macedonia | |
| In office 2002–2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1962 Kumanovo, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | DPSM |
| Alma mater | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University |
Early life, education and business career
editHe was born on 15 February 1962 in Kumanovo. After finishing high school, he enrolled at the Faculty of Law at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. In 1992, he founded a construction company LAMAX CO in Kumanovo and was its director until 1992.[2]
Political career
editIn 1992, he joined the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia and was later elected party president in 2001. From 2002 to 2024, he served as a member of the Assembly of North Macedonia. He was the chair of the Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Russian Federation.[1]
According to the Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (KRIK), Stoilković played a role in a coordinated propaganda campaign during the political crisis in Macedonia in 2017. According to them, Stoilković facilitated the meeting of Serbian MP and journalist Miroslav Lazanski with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, with the meeting being orchestrated by Goran Živaljević, a member of Serbia's Security Intelligence Agency (BIA).[3]
In a 2018 interview he said that relations between Serbia and Macedonia have never been worse because of Macedonia's "anti-Serbian politics".[4] In May 2024, Stoilković participated at a security forum in Moscow.[5] In June 2024, Stoiilković was a participant at the All-Serbian Assembly in Belgrade.[6]
Following the 2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election, Stoilković was elected to the Assembly of North Macedonia once again and was nominated as deputy prime minister of North Macedonia and minister of inter-community relations by Hristijan Mickoski.[7] His nomination was criticized by North Macedonia's Albanian political parties.[5] The new government of North Macedonia was sworn in on 23 June 2024 and Stoilković assumed office as government minister.[8][9]
Political positions
editStoilković holds pro-Russian and pro-Serbian political positions.[5] Stoilković is a critic of the United States military interventions abroad, especially the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[10] He criticized the decision of the Government of North Macedonia to support the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 78/282, which designated 11 July as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ivan Stoilkovik 2014 en". www.sobranie.mk. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Иван Стоилковић dpsm.info
- ^ KRIK.rs (2017-06-05). "Serbia's Involvement in the Macedonian Crisis". KRIK. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Tanjug. "Stoilković: Nikada lošiji odnosi Srbije i Makedonije zbog ANTISRPSKE POLITIKE". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ a b c Tahiri, Diana (2024-06-21). "Стоилковиќ со „ч"- подарокот од Путин за новата Влада на „нашата земја"!". CivilMedia. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Lider Srba u Makedoniji poručio: Srpsko jedinstvo je odgovor na sve pretnje i izazove, a Srbija postaje lider Balkana u svakom smislu!". 24sedam (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Редакција (2024-06-20). "Кој е Иван Стоилковиќ, кандидат за министер за односи меѓу заедниците". еМагазин (in Macedonian). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "North Macedonia's parliament approves a new center-right government after May's election". AP News. 2024-06-23. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Влада и министерства". Влада на Република Северна Македонија (in Macedonian). 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "ИВАН СТОИЛКОВИЋ: Северна Македонија да не буде стратешки вазал НАТО-а". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Vojvodine, Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija. "Stoilković: Cilj podrške Skoplja rezoluciji o Srebrenici je da unese što veći razdor". JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2024-06-23.