Bojan Marichikj
President of the State Election Commission
Educational background
2001-2006
Bachelor’s degree in law
Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus” – Skopje
2008-2009
Master in International and European Law
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
MТЕК Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
2010-2011
Master in Contemporary European Studies
University College London, United Kingdom
Chevening Programme of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Professional experience
November 2006 – September 2008
Teaching assistant, Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus", "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University – Skopje
February 2007 – August 2008
Project assistant, EU Legislation Harmonization Project, Legal and Human Resources Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia
September 2009 – September 2010
Project coordinator and analyst, Legal program, Public administration and EU programs, Foundation Open Society- Macedonia
September 2011 – November 2013
Senior legal and policy researcher, Eurothink – Centre for European Strategies
October 2012 – October 2013
Fulbright Research Assistant to Professor Keith Brown, Brown University, USA
November 2013 – June 2017
Executive Director, Eurothink- Centre for European Strategies
June 2017 – January 2020
Special Advisor for Euro-Atlantic Integration to the President of the Government of North Macedonia
July 2017 – August 2020
National Sherpa for the Berlin Process, Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
July 2018 – August 2020
Deputy chief negotiator and Chief technical negotiator and Head of the technical negotiating team for the accession of North Macedonia to EU
January 2020 – August 2020
National Coordinator for European Integration, The Berlin process and regional cooperation, Government of North Macedonia
August 2020 – January 2022
Minister of justice, Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
January 2022 – June 2024
Deputy President of the Government
August 2024
Strategic Advisor on EU Accession Negotiations to the Governments of the Republic of Moldova and Montenegro, under EU and GIZ-funded projects
January 2025
Director of Program and Development, Society D foundation, Skopje
May 2025
International Expert, PRAVO-Justice Project
2026
President of the State Election Commission
Language skills
Mother tongue
Macedonian
Other languages
Serbian/Croatian, English, French, Russian, Bulgarian
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