PERSONAL DATA

Date of birth: December 27, 1946, Skopje

Status: married, three children

EDUCATION

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius ”in Skopje.

He speaks English, Polish, Russian and Serbo-Croatian

CURRENT POSITION

• Member of the International Crisis Group (ICG) Board
• Corporate member of the US Foreign Affairs Council
• Corporate member of the Global Business Coalition Against AIDS
• Member of the Advisory Business Body, Working Meeting II of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
• Member of the CEI Parliamentary Assembly
• Founder and member of the Forum for Macedonia 2001
• Founder and member of the Forum for Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Republic of Macedonia (FEIM)
• Founder and member of the Citizens' Movement of Macedonia
• President of the Handball Federation of Macedonia

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

• Winner of "Clement of Ohrid" Award for Achievements in Science, Art, Culture and Humanitarian Affairs (2004)
• Founder of the "Trifun Kostovski" Foundation within the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU).
• The function of the foundation is to finance scientific projects, editions, publications and art collections of national interest
• Founder of the construction of the Cathedral Church "Holy Mother of God", patron of Skopje
• Owner of handball club "Kometal Gjorce Petrov" who won the title of European Handball Club Champion in the 2001/2002 season
• President and sponsor of Rabotnicki Kometal football club
• Sponsor of "Pelister Kometal", multiple state men's handball champion in competition
• Founder and financier of several media outlets in Macedonia
• Financier and supporter of many NGOs, hospitals and social institutions, humanitarian and voluntary activities, assistance to the disabled, financial support for social cases, assistance to patients for operations and treatments
• Sponsor the schooling of young musicians and artists
• Sponsoring the protection and restoration of cultural and historical monuments
• Sponsorship of Macedonian Orthodox Church shrines. Has assisted in the restoration of “St. Sofia ”in Ohrid and“ St. Panteleimon ”in Veles, on the lodgings of“ St. John Bigorski ”. He has donated to the churches of "St. Trifun ”in Kuckovo,“ St. Peter and Paul "in Jurumleri, Skopje," St. Clement and St. Petka ”in Stip, the cathedral“ Nativity of the Holy Mother of God Troracica ”in Kriva Palanka. In this context, the aid to the Centar Zupa mosque should also be mentioned.
• Donating to significant actions and facilities in Skopje (Vodnjanska Street, Kay 13 November, Marx and Engels Boulevard, Mother Teresa Monument, infrastructure works in several schools, gymnasiums, faculties and villages), as well as in other cities in the earth

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Founder of Kometal Trade Gmbh - Vienna, Austria (1991). The company is engaged in metallurgy activities in the Austrian, Swiss, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian markets.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

• First Employment in Tehnometal - Macedonia ”in Skopje (1971)
• Representative of "Tehnometal - Macedonia" in Warsaw office
• Employment at Swiss company Sitko in Vienna (1989)
• Sitko representative in Warsaw office
• Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia as an Independent Member of Parliament