Vlado Bučkovski
Vlado Bučkovski | |
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Владо Бучковски | |
Bučkovski in 2005 | |
| Prime Minister of Macedonia | |
| In office 17 December 2004 – 27 August 2006 | |
| President | Branko Crvenkovski |
| Preceded by | Hari Kostov |
| Succeeded by | Nikola Gruevski |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 1 November 2002 – 17 December 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Branko Crvenkovski Radmila Šekerinska (acting) |
| Preceded by | Vlado Popovski |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Manasievski |
| In office 13 May 2001 – 26 November 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Ljubčo Georgievski |
| Preceded by | Ljuben Paunovski |
| Succeeded by | Vlado Popovski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1962 Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Social Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |
Vlado Bučkovski (Macedonian: Владо Бучковски; born 2 December 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2004 to 2006. He previously served as Minister of Defence from May to November 2001 and from 2002 to 2004. He was president of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. After the 2006 election defeat by the centre-right VMRO-DPMNE, Radmila Šekerinska took over the party's leadership.
On 9 December 2008, Bučkovski was found guilty of abuse of power while serving as defence minister during an armed conflict in 2001 and sentenced to three and a half years in jail.