North Macedonia · Government
Government and administration in North Macedonia
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Head of State — President of the Republic
- Directly elected.
- Executive — Prime Minister and Government
- Accountable to the Assembly.
- Legislative — Assembly (Sobranie)
- Single chamber.
- Judicial — Ordinary courts plus the Constitutional Court
- Overseen by the Judicial Council.
How legislation is made
Laws are adopted by the Assembly and promulgated by the President, with certain matters requiring a "Badinter" double majority protecting communities.
Enforcement institutions
- Police (Ministry of the Interior)
- National police service.
- Public Prosecutor’s Office
- Directs criminal prosecutions.
Government bodies and regulators
- executiveMinistry of Justice (Министерство за правда)Administers the justice system and legal professions.
- executivePublic Revenue Office (UJP)Assesses and collects taxes and contributions.
- executiveCentral Register of North MacedoniaRegisters companies and publishes corporate data.
- independentOmbudsman (Народен правобранител)Protects constitutional rights against the administration.
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