History of North Macedonia

Monastir vilayet, 1864–1912 Draft, not yet reviewed

The Vilayet of Manastir was a first-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. After some administrative reforms accomplished in 1867 and 1877 parts of the Manastir Vilayet were ceded to newly established Scutari Vilayet (1867) and Kosovo Vilayet (1877). The vilayet was occupied during the First Balkan War in 1912 and divided between the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Serbia, with some parts later becoming part of the newly established Principality of Albania.

Seat of power: Bitola

Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1918–1945 Draft, not yet reviewed

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. The regions of Kosovo and what is today North Macedonia had become parts of Serbia prior to the unification. In April 1941, the country was occupied and partitioned by the Axis powers.

Seat of power: Belgrade

Rulers

• Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, 1920–1921
• Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia, 1921–1934
• Peter II of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia, 1934–1945

Socialist Republic of Macedonia, 1945–1991 Draft, not yet reviewed

The Socialist Republic of Macedonia was one of the six constituent republics of the post-World War II Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first Macedonian state was formally proclaimed under the name Democratic Federal Macedonia at the First Plenary Session of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) during World War II. After the transition of the political system to parliamentary democracy in 1990, the Republic changed its official name to Republic of Macedonia in 1991 (now called North Macedonia). It declared itself an independent country and held a referendum on 8 September 1991 on which a sovereign and independent state of Macedonia, with a right to enter into any alliance with sovereign states of Yugoslavia was approved.

Seat of power: Skopje

North Macedonia, 1991 to today Draft, not yet reviewed

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Europe. In 1945 it was established as a constituent state of communist Yugoslavia, which it remained until its peaceful secession in 1991. The country became a member of the United Nations (UN) in 1993. Since 2005, it has been a candidate for joining the European Union.

Seat of power: Skopje

Rulers

• Kiro Gligorov, President of North Macedonia, 1991–1999
• Stojan Andov, Head of state, 1995–1995
• Boris Trajkovski, President of North Macedonia, 1999–2004
• Savo Klimovski, Head of state, 1999–1999
• Branko Crvenkovski, President of North Macedonia, 2004–2009
• Ljupčo Jordanovski, President of North Macedonia, 2004–2004
• Gjorge Ivanov, President of North Macedonia, 2009–2019
• Stevo Pendarovski, President of North Macedonia, 2019–2024
• Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, President of North Macedonia, 2024 to today