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Tito Petkovski

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Tito Petkovski (Macedonian: Тито Петковски) (born 23 January 1945) is a Macedonian politician, and leader of the New Social Democratic Party.

Early life

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Petkovski was born in Kriva Palanka, DFR Yugoslavia and was named after President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito.[1] He earned his law degree from Skopje University and went on to work in the municipal courts for the State Bureau of Physical Planning. His spouse is Trajanka Petkovska.

Career

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Petkovski served as Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Macedonia (SKM) from 28 November 1989 until 20 April 1991.

A SKM's city branch member, Petkovski has served as a Member of Parliament since 1991. He was Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia in its first parliamentary mandate (1990-1994) and the President of the Assembly from 1996 to 1998.

Petkovski was the Social Democrats candidate in the 1999 presidential election. In the first round he took first place by a wide margin, receiving 33% of the vote. He was defeated in the second round by Boris Trajkovski, receiving 45% of the vote. A prominent member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, he left the party in November 2005 to create the New Social Democratic Party.

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