VMRO-DPMNE leader and future Prime Minister of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski
presented the draft composition of the new government, a BGNES reporter reports.
There will be 20 ministers in the new cabinet, of which 15 will be from VMRO-DPMNE.
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Timcho Mutsunski
Minister of Transport and Deputy Prime Minister - Alexander Nikolovski
Minister of Defence - Vlado Misailovski
Minister of Finance - Gordana Dimitrievska Kochowska
Minister for Local Self-Government - Zlatko Perinsky
Minister for Information Society and Digital Transformation - Stefan Andonovski
Minister for Sport - Borko Ristovski
Minister for Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources - Sanja Bojinovska
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Water - Cvetan Tripunoski
Minister for Culture and Tourism - Zoran Lutkov
Minister for the Interior - Panče Toškovski
Minister for Education and Science - Vesna Janewska
Minister for the Political System - Ljupčo Dimovski
Minister for Community Relations - Ivan Stoilkovic
Minister for Integration and Implementation of the Decade of Roma - Shaban Saliu
The remaining ministries will be distributed among representatives of the coalition partners - the Albanian coalition VLEN/VREDI and Movement ZNAM.
"I still have no official proposal for ministers from the potential coalition partners. Negotiations are close to a successful end," Mickoski said at a press conference. "I hope by June 22-23 the government will be functioning," he added.
On June 18, Mickoski will submit the proposed composition and programme of the government to parliament, after which a parliamentary session should be scheduled to elect the new government cabinet.
The 20-day deadline for forming the government runs from June 6, when Mickoski received the mandate from President Gordana Silyanovska Dabkova.
In the parliamentary elections held on 8 May, VMRO-DPMNE won 58 MPs, VLEN 14 and ZNAM six. | BGNES
