1. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is a Macedonian university law professor and jurist serving as the president of North Macedonia since May 2024.
14 Facts About Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was a candidate for the 2019 presidential elections, losing to Stevo Pendarovski in the runoff.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova ran again in the 2024 presidential elections and defeated Pendarovski by a landslide in a rematch election.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was born on 11 May 1953, in Ohrid, Socialist Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova completed her primary and secondary education in Skopje.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Ss.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova became an assistant professor of political systems at the Faculty of Law in Skopje in 1989, and an associate professor of constitutional law and political systems in 1994.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova became a full professor in 2004, and ever since she has taught courses on constitutional law, political systems, and contemporary political systems and local self-government.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was a member of the Constitutional Commission of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia and minister without portfolio in the first cabinet of Branko Crvenkovski.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was a UN expert and vice president of the Independent Local Self-Government Group of the Council of Europe.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova served as a member of the Venice Commission, where she served in the Sub-Commissions on Democratic Institutions, Judiciary, Latin America, and the Council for Constitutional Justice.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is the author of about 200 scientific papers on constitutional law and the political system.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is married to Blagoja Davkov and has two children.
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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova's husband Blagoja is a lawyer and they have been living together for over 40 years.