{{Short description|Macedonian politician}} '''Tito Petkovski''' ({{langx|mk|Тито Петковски}}) (born 23 January 1945) is a Macedonian politician, and leader of the New Social Democratic Party.
==Early life== Petkovski was born in Kriva Palanka, DFR Yugoslavia and was named after President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito.<ref>[http://www.a1.com.mk/vesti/default.aspx?VestID=123531 A1 TV - 25 мај беше ден на младоста на една генерација граѓани] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529153726/http://www.a1.com.mk/vesti/default.aspx?VestID=123531 |date=2010-05-29 }}</ref> He earned his law degree from Skopje University and went on to work in the municipal courts for the State Bureau of Physical Planning. His spouse is Trajanka Petkovska.
==Career== Petkovski served as Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Macedonia (SKM) from 28 November 1989 until 20 April 1991.
A SKM's city branch member, Petkovski has served as a Member of Parliament since 1991. He was Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia in its first parliamentary mandate (1990-1994) and the President of the Assembly from 1996 to 1998.
Petkovski was the Social Democrats candidate in the 1999 presidential election. In the first round he took first place by a wide margin, receiving 33% of the vote. He was defeated in the second round by Boris Trajkovski, receiving 45% of the vote. A prominent member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, he left the party in November 2005 to create the New Social Democratic Party.
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