The Ministry of Education and Science is a ministry of the Government of the Republic of North 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 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 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 28 May 2013 VMRO-DPMNE Eight Government of Macedonia in 2011 8 Spiro Ristovski 29 May 2013 19 June 2014VMRO-DPMNENinth Government of Macedonia in 2013 9Abdylaqim Ademi 20 June 2014 5 April 2016DUITenth Government of Macedonia in 2014 10Pishtar Lutfiu 5 April 2016 1 June 2017DUIEleventh Government of Macedonia in 2016 11Renata Deskoska 1 June 2017 1 June 2018SDSMTwelfth Government of Macedonia in 2017 12Arbër Ademi 1 June 2018 30 August 2020DUIThirteenth Government of Macedonia in 2018 13Pavel Romanenko(b. 1994) 30 August 2020 17 January 2022VMRO-DPMNEFourteenth Government of Macedonia in 2020 14Jeton Shaqiri 17 January 2022 23 June 2024DUIFourteenth Government of Macedonia in 2022
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