Ministry of Defence of North Macedonia
| Министерство за одбрана на Северна Македонија Ministria e Mbrojtjes së Maqedonisë së Veriut | |
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Slavjanka Petrovska | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1991 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of North Macedonia |
| Headquarters | Skopje |
| Employees | 987 (2015)[1] |
| Annual budget | 6.5 Million (MKD)[2] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | Official website  |
The Ministry of Defence of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Министерство за одбрана на Северна Македонија; Albanian: Ministria e Mbrojtjes së Maqedonisë së Veriut) is a Macedonian agency which oversees the management of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia. The ministry mainly coordinates the defence policy of the country, corresponding with the President and the Prime Minister regularly. The MORM commands the ARM through the Chief of the General Staff (CGS).
Structure
[edit]Leadership
[edit]- Slavjanka Petrovska - Defence minister
- Major General Vasko Gjurchinovski - Chief of the General Staff
- Deputy CGS for civil-military cooperation
- Deputy CGS for planning
- Deputy CGS for military operations
Departmental structure
[edit]Administrative departments in the MORM help organize and deliver on the priorities of the ministry.[4] The following departments are under the command of the MORM:
- Department for Support to the Minister
- Department for Communications, Analytics and Operational Support
- Department for Internal Audit
- Department for Inspection in Defence
- Department for Policy and Planning
- Department for International Cooperation
- Department for Civil-military co-operation
- Department for Legal Affairs
- Human Resource Department
- Finance Department
- Logistics Department
- Real Estate Department
- Department for Services and Tourism, Motor Pool and Maintenance
- Department for Specialized Production
- C-4 Department
- Military Museum
- Military Aviation
List of ministers
[edit]The post of defense minister was established on January 10, 1992, with the first minister being Trajan Gocevski. The current defence minister of North Macedonia is Slavjanka Petrovska.
See also
[edit]- Army of the Republic of North Macedonia
- Minister of Defence (North Macedonia)
- Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia)
References
[edit]- ^ "Извештај за следењето на примената на начелото на соодветна и правична застапеност за 2015 година" (PDF). Народен правобранител на Република Македонија. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Буџет на Република Македонија за 2018 година". Министерство за финансии на Република Македонија. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Министерка за одбрана на Република Северна Македонија".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
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External links
[edit]- Official website (in Macedonian and English)