Bojan Marichikj

President of the State Election Commission

Date of birth: 07.01.1983

Marital status: Married

Nationality: Macedonian

E-mail: [email protected]

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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