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Dzaferi appointed to lead interim government in N. Macedonia

Yesterday, he resigned as parliament speaker

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - SKOPJE, 26 GEN - Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski has appointed Talat Dzaferi to form the new technical government leading North Macedonia to parliamentary elections on May 8.
    However, Dzaferi resigned as parliament speaker yesterday and is the first ethnic Albanian politician to lead a government in North Macedonia.
    He is, in fact, a member of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), the largest party of the Albanian minority, which makes up about 25 percent of the population in the former Yugoslav country (nearly 2 million).
    Social Democrat Jovan Mitreski replaced Dzaferi as head of parliament. Premier Dimitar Kovacevski resigned yesterday, along with the whole government—a handover agreed upon in recent months by political forces, the majority, and the opposition.
    The new interim government will take office on January 28, 100 days before the May 8 elections, when the possible presidential runoff will also be held. The first round of the presidential election has been set for April 24. (ANSA).
   

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