Branko Crvenkovski is a Macedonian politician who served as the Prime Minister of North Macedonia from 2004 to 2006 and later as the President from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and has played a significant role in the country's political landscape, particularly during its transition to a more democratic system. Crvenkovski was born on January 12, 1962, in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. He studied law at the University of Skopje and began his political career in the early 1990s. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as economic reform and European integration for North Macedonia.