Ministry of Education and Science (Macedonia)

Ministry of Education and Science

Министерство за образование и наука
File:NipNovaMakedonija.jpg The building which houses the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed	1991 (As a Ministry of modern Republic of Macedonia)
Jurisdiction	Government of Republic of Macedonia
Headquarters	Skopje, Macedonia
Minister responsible	Abdylaqim Ademi, Minister of Education and Science
Child agencies	Pedagogical Services Office Bureau for Development of the Education National Educational Inspectorate Authority for development and upgrading the education in the ethnicities' tongues
Website	www.mon.gov.mk

The Ministry of Education and Science is a ministry of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, by virtue of section 23 of the Law of Organization and Acting of the Organs of State's Administration (Law Gazette of Republic of Macedonia no. 59/2000 from 21. July 2000). The Ministry does the work concerning:

• upbringing and/or education of any type or degree
• organization, financing, development and upgrading of the upbringing, education and science
• upbringing and education of Macedonian workers' children in foreign countries
• verification of different professions and/or profiles in the field of education
• pupils' and students' standards
• technological advances, IT, information systems, and technical culture
• international scientific and/or technical collaboration, etc.

As sectors of the Ministry, exist the following institutions:

• Pedagogical Services Office
• Bureau for Development of the Education
• Authority for development and upgrading the education in the ethnicities' tongues
• National Educational Inspectorate

Ministers

№	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Mandate commenced on	Mandate finished on	Length (in days)	Party/Coalition	Government
of education (1991–2000)
1	105px	Dimitar Dimitrov (b. 1937)	20 March 1991	5 September 1992		Independent	First Government of Macedonia in 1991
2		Dimitar Bajaldžiev (b. 1932)	5 September 1992	20 December 1994		SDSM	Second Government of Macedonia in 1992
3		Emilija Simoska	20 December 1994	23 February 1996		SDSM	Third Government of Macedonia in 1994
4		Sofija Todorova (b. 1947)	23 February 1996	30 November 1998		Independent	Third Government of Macedonia in 1994
5		Nenad Novkovski (b. 1958)	30 November 1998	28 December 1999		VMRO-DPMNE	Fourth Government of Macedonia in 1998
6		Gale Galev (b. 1943)	28 December 1999	31 July 2000		Independent	Fourth Government of Macedonia in 1998
of science (1991–2000)
1		Georgi Efremov (b. 1932)	20 March 1991	5 September 1992		Independent	First Government of Macedonia in 1991
2		Aslan Selmani (1945–2011)	5 September 1992	20 December 1994		Independent	Second Government of Macedonia in 1992
3		Sofija Todorova (b. 1947)	20 December 1994	23 February 1996		Independent	Third Government of Macedonia in 1994
(2)		Aslan Selmani (1945–2011) (2nd mandate)	23 February 1996	30 November 1998		Independent	Third Government of Macedonia in 1994
4		Merie Rushani (b. 1958)	30 November 1998	28 December 1999		PDSH	Fourth Government of Macedonia in 1998
5		Nenad Novkovski (b. 1958)	28 December 1999	31 July 2000		Independent	Fourth Government of Macedonia in 1998
of Education and Science (2000–present)
1		Gale Galev (b. 1943)	31 July 2000	1 November 2000		Independent	Fourth Government of Macedonia in 1998
2		Nenad Novkovski (b. 1958)	1 November 2000	1 November 2001		Independent	Fourth Government of Macedonia in 1998
3		Azis Polozhani (b. 1957)	1 November 2001	27 August 2006		BDI	Fifth Government of Macedonia in 2002
4		Sulejman Rushiti (b. 1972)	27 August 2006	27 July 2008		PDSH	Sixth Government of Republic of Macedonia in 2006
5		Pero Stojanovski (b. 1970)	27 July 2008	10 July 2009		VMRO-DPMNE	Seventh Government of Macedonia in 2008
6	105px	Nikola Todorov (b. 1979)	10 July 2009	5 June 2011		VMRO-DPMNE	Seventh Government of Macedonia in 2008
7		Panche Kralev (b. 1981)	28 July 2011	present		VMRO-DPMNE	Eight Government of Macedonia in 2011		8		Spiro Ristovski		VMRO-DPMNE			Ninth Government of Macedonia in 2013	8		Abdylaqim Ademi		DUI Tenth Government of Macedonia in 2014