Council

The Council of the City of Skopje is a representative body of the citizens, having the power of decision-making within the frameworks of the City of Skopje’s competence. 

The Council of the City of Skopje consists of 45 members elected on general, direct and free elections. 
The members of the Council are elected for a period of four years. They represent the citizens and make decisions according to their personal assurance. 
A member of the Council cannot be recalled from his/her function.

Competences

The Council of the City of Skopje is a representative body of the citizens that makes decisions within the frameworks of the competence determined by the law and the Statute of the City of Skopje. According to the Self-government Act (‘Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia number 5/2002’) the City of Skopje has the following competence items:

  • To adopt the Statute of the City of Skopje and to pass other regulations;
  • To adopt both the City’s budget and the annual financial statement of the City of Skopje;
  • To determine the amount of its own funds resources regarding the financing of the City of Skopje, within the frameworks determined by the law.
  • To establish public service institutions within the frameworks of the City’s competence and to keep their operations under constant surveillance.
  • To adopt action plans and financial plans regarding the financing of the public service institutions established by the City of Skopje;
  • To adopt both the statements regarding the budget enforcement and the annual financial statement of the City of Skopje;
  • To make decisions regarding the issuing of license for the purpose of carrying out activity of public interest and of local importance, in compliance with the law;
  • To adopt the statements regarding the operations and the annual financial statements of the public service institutions established by the City of Skopje.
  • To make decisions regarding the manners of treatment of the property that the City of Skopje has at its disposal;
  • To make decisions about the possible manners of exercising financial control over the budget of the City of Skopje, in compliance with the law;
  • To choose the person who is to manage the local authority of the Ministry of Interior at the City of Skopje, in compliance with the law;
  • To review and adopt the Annual Report on the public security in the region of the City of Skopje and to submit it further to both the Minister of Interior and to the Ombudsman;
  • By making suggestions, to act as a consultant to the chief executive of the local authority of the Ministry of Interior regarding the field of public security and traffic safety and
  • To execute other operations determined by the law.

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SKOPJE
Prof. Dr. Ljubica Jancheva

Prof. Dr. Ljubica Jancheva was born on January 26, 1969 in Strumica, where she completed her primary and secondary education. She graduated from and finished her postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philosophy - Institute of History at the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"- Skopje. In 2006, at the PNI Institute for National History, Skopje, she defended the doctoral dissertation and earned the title Doctor of Historical Sciences. In 2013, she was employed as a full-time professor at the Institute of National History.

During the period 2009 - 2013, she is a member of the EB SDSM Aerodrom. In 2013, she was elected coordinator of the "Women's Forum" of SDSM of the City of Skopje and coordinator of the council group of SDSM and the coalition, in the Council of the Municipality of Aerodrom.

At the local elections in 2017, she was elected a member of the Council of the City of Skopje, from the list of SDSM and the coalition, and after the verification of her mandate, she was elected President of the Council of the City of Skopje.

Prof. Dr. Ljubica Jancheva is a wife and a mother of a child.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SKOPJE
Coalition of SDSM
Coalition of VMRO
DUI
BESA
Alliance of Albanians
Levica
Previous Mandates