Hari Kostov

Hari Kostov (Macedonian: Хари Костов; born 13 November 1959) is a Macedonian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Macedonia^[1] from May 2004 until his resignation in November 2004.

Hari Kostov
Хари Костов
5th Prime Minister of Macedonia
In office 2 June 2004 – 18 November 2004
President	Branko Crvenkovski
Preceded by	Radmila Šekerinska
Succeeded by	Vlado Bučkovski
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 1 November 2002 – 2 June 2004
Prime Minister	Branko Crvenkovski
Preceded by	Ljube Boškoski
Succeeded by	Siljan Avramovski
General Manager of Komercijalna Banka
In office 1996–2002
Assistant Chief Executive Officer in the World Bank
In office 1995–1996
Vice-Minister of Finance
In office 1994–1995
Personal details
Born	Хари Костов (1959-11-13) 13 November 1959 (age 65) Pišica, PR Macedonia, SFRY
Citizenship	North Macedonia
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

He was appointed to the position of Prime Minister by the parliament on May 31, 2004, two weeks after being nominated by President Branko Crvenkovski. Kostov was an economic advisor to the Macedonian government and the World Bank during the 1980s and 1990s. He was the interior minister in the previous government, which was led by Crvenkovski and lasted from 2002 until 2004, and ended when Crvenkovski was elected president. Kostov retained most officials from the Crvenkovski government.

Kostov announced his resignation on November 15, 2004, following disputes within the coalition government, particularly between ethnic Macedonian and ethnic Albanian ministers. He left office on November 18, 2004, when his resignation was accepted, and was succeeded by the defence minister, Vlado Bučkovski.

Currently, he is chief executive^[2] of the Komercijalna Bank Skopje (Комерцијална Банка Скопје), a position which he also had before entering the Macedonian government.

Kostov is an ethnic Aromanian.^[3][4]

Awards

• (2008) Order of the Holy Macedonian Cross^[5]