Ljupco Jordanovski
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Ljupčo Jordanovski was a Macedonian seismologist and politician
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in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Zagreb. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California
in 1985.
. He was a member of the SDSM party. He took office as Speaker of the Assembly on November 18, 2003.
As Speaker of the Assembly, according to Macedonia's constitution he was the successor to the president in the event of the president's inability to serve. Accordingly, when President Boris Trajkovski
was killed in a plane crash on February 26, 2004, Jordanovski was sworn in as president.
He was the acting president of the Republic of Macedonia
from February 26, 2004, to May 12, 2004. He left office after presidential elections in which he did not run. He continued in his role as Speaker after his time as acting president, until August 2, 2006.
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Politician
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Education
Jordanovski received his BEngBeng
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in Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
from the University of Zagreb. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
in 1985.
Early career
Jordanovski was born in ŠtipŠtip
Štip is the largest urban agglomeration in the eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities. As of the 2002 census, the Štip municipality alone had a population of about 47,796...
. He was a member of the SDSM party. He took office as Speaker of the Assembly on November 18, 2003.
As Speaker of the Assembly, according to Macedonia's constitution he was the successor to the president in the event of the president's inability to serve. Accordingly, when President Boris Trajkovski
Boris Trajkovski
Trajkovski died on 26 February 2004 in a plane crash en route to an economic conference in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aircraft crashed in thick fog and heavy rain on a mountainside in southeastern Herzegovina, near the villages of Huskovici and Rotimlja some eight miles south-south-east...
was killed in a plane crash on February 26, 2004, Jordanovski was sworn in as president.
He was the acting president of the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
from February 26, 2004, to May 12, 2004. He left office after presidential elections in which he did not run. He continued in his role as Speaker after his time as acting president, until August 2, 2006.
Later career
On July 6, 2006, he was accredited as the Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the United States of America, but at the end of December he was recalled by the Macedonian Government. He died unexpectedly in SkopjeSkopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
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External links
- Biography (Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in Washington D.C.)
- Commemoration in the Macedonian Parliament – video (Macedonian)