KIRE ILIOSKI

Mr. Kire Ilioski is the Director in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) from 1 July 2019.

Prior to his appointment as Director in the Office of the Executive Secretary, Mr. Ilioski was appointed as a Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia.

Mr. Kire ILIOSKI, served as a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Macedonia to the OSCE, UN and other International Organizations headquartered in Vienna as of February 2014-2018. He was a first time Macedonian Governor to the IAEA Board of Governors representing the countries from the East European group to the IAEA Board (October 2014 – September 2016)

Prior to this assignment he served as a Director for International Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia.

Mr. ILIOSKI also served as a Head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to NATO, being appointed as a Macedonian Ambassador to the Alliance from April 2008 to 2011.

Mr. ILIOSKI holds a Doctorate in Political Science earned by the European University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. His dissertation elaborates the political impacts that the EU financial crisis has over the EU Member States and offers relevant analysis and prospects for future. He also holds a Master’s degree in International Law and Diplomacy.

He speaks English, Italian, Serbian/Croatian and Bulgarian.