Zoran Jolevski

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His Excellency Zoran Jolevski Зоран Јолевски
Jolevski in 2016
Minister of Defense of Macedonia
In office 19 June 2014 – 1 June 2017
President	Gjorge Ivanov
Premier	Nikola Gruevski
Preceded by	Talat Xhaferi
Succeeded by	Radmila Šekerinska
Macedonian negotiator of the Macedonia name dispute
In office 30 November 2008 – 1 June 2014
President	Branko Crvenkovski Gjorge Ivanov
Premier	Nikola Gruevski
Preceded by	Nikola Dimitrov
Macedonian Ambassador to the United States
In office 22 March 2007 – 19 June 2014
President	Branko Crvenkovski Gjorge Ivanov
Premier	Nikola Gruevski
Preceded by	Ljupčo Jordanovski
Succeeded by	Vasko Naumovski
1st Macedonian Ambassador to Mexico
In office 21 January 2011 – 19 June 2014
President	Gjorge Ivanov
Premier	Nikola Gruevski
1st Permanent Representative at the Organization of American States
In office 18 May 2011 – 19 June 2014
President	Gjorge Ivanov
Premier	Nikola Gruevski
Secretary General	José Miguel Insulza
Secretary General of the President of the Republic of Macedonia (Chief of Staff)
In office 19 November 1999 – 26 February 2004
President	Boris Trajkovski
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Natasa Savova
Personal details
Born	(1959-07-16) 16 July 1959 (age 64) Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia)
Political party	VMRO-DPMNE
Spouse	Suzana Jolevska
Alma mater	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, BA, PhD Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, MA

Zoran Jolevski (Macedonian: Зоран Јолевски; born 16 July 1959) is a Macedonian diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense, he served as Macedonia's Ambassador to the United States of America.^[1] In November 2008, he was appointed chief negotiator to the Macedonia naming dispute, and in 2011 he was appointed Ambassador to the United Mexican States and as Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. He served as Secretary General of the late Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski from 2000–2004.^[1] He holds a Ph.D. in International Economy from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.^[2] He is married to Suzana Jolevska, and together they have two sons, Pero (1988) and Filip (1992).