Skopje, 3 November 2025 (MIA) - Orce Gjorgjievski is the new Mayor of Skopje after securing victory in the 2025 local elections as a candidate of VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition “Your Macedonia”. Gjorgjievski is set to assume the position of mayor of the capital city following a four-year term as mayor of the Skopje municipality of Kisela Voda and experience as head of the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS).

Gjorgjievski was born on August 5, 1987, in Skopje. He graduated in political studies from the “Iustinianus Primus” Faculty of Law at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius university in Skopje. He also holds a master’s degree in human resource management. Gjorgjievski worked in the private sector, and before becoming Mayor of Kisela Voda, he served as a VMRO-DPMNE councilor in the municipal council from 2017 to 2021.

According to figures from the State Election Commission (SEC) in Sunday’s runoff in the capital, Orce Gjorgjievski won 95.572 votes or 57.03%, while his opponent from Levica, Amar Mecinovikj, received the support of 61.475 voters, or 36.69%.

“It is time to return Skopje to its citizens and build a city that we, and the generations after us, will be proud of,” Gjorgjievski said at the beginning of July 2025, after he was presented as VMRO-DPMNE's candidate for mayor of the capital.

Gjorgjievski ran a campaign under the slogan “First a Human, then a Mayor” and at a press conference on September 29, presented his election program titled “Vision for Skopje 2025-2045”, which he said is backed by his team of expert collaborators.

The program is based on seven main pillars, which Gjorgjievski described as “the foundations of our city’s future,” through which “the urban era begins that will transform Skopje into a European metropolis”: 1. Sustainable urban development over the next 20 years; 2. A healthy environment; 3. Complete communal renewal of the city; 4. Restoration of Skopje’s cultural identity; 5. Digital transformation and smart solutions; 6. Skopje – a city for youth and science; 7. Strengthening public care and safety. At the time, Gjorgjievski said hundreds of projects would emerge from the seven pillars.

When presenting his program, Gjorgjievski said “the humanization” of the capital would be his priority, noting the first thing he would do upon becoming mayor would be to clean the city in 72 hours “through a large, coordinated action in all municipalities”.

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