ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

KAROLINA RISTOVA

 
   
   BORN: 30.09.1970, Radovis, Macedonia;      
   
   EDUCATION:      
   
   1994 - Bachelor of Law (LL.B), Faculty of Law "Justinijan Prvi" (honorary designation: "with honors"), University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia;      
   
   1996 (July-August) - Hague Academy for International Law, Hague, Netherlands (certificate of attendance);       
   
   1998 (July-August) - Duke University and Geneva University Program in Transnational Law (certificate of exams taken in: International Criminal Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Introduction to the American Law), Geneva, Switzerland;      
   
   2000 - Master Degree in International and Comparative Law (honorary designation "with distinction"), Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A; (Master degree thesis: " The legal aspects of the EU Enlargement and the Balkan States");       
   
   On going: Master degree program in political and legal sciences on the Faculty of Law "Justinijan Prvi", University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia. (Approved Master Degree Thesis:" Feminist Theories on Politics");       
   
   PROFESSIONAL CAREER:      
   
   (1995-1998) Teaching Assistant and (1998-2002) Junior Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law "Justinijan Prvi", University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia; Over dozen published scholarly work in the academic and research areas of interest: International and Comparative law, European law, legal and political theory and philosophy, women's studies; 
         
   POLITICAL CAREER:       
   
   Party career:      
   
   1992-1995- Member of the Executive Board of the Social Democratic Youth of Macedonia (women's issues and international cooperation);      
   
   1993-1995- Member of the Central Board and the Presidency of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia;      
   
   1998-2002 - Member of the Central Board of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia; Member of the Central Board Commission on International Party Cooperation;      
   
   2002- current: Member of the Central Board and the Presidency of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia;      
   
   2003- current: International Secretary of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia;     
   
   Local and state political engagements and functions:       
   
   1996- Candidate on local elections for the Municipality Council of the Municipality Kisela Voda, Skopje (lost elections);       
   
   1996-2000: Member of the Committee for Legal Issues of the Municipality Council of the Municipality Council of Kisela Voda (as representative of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia);       
   
   2000 -2002: Member of the City Council of the City of Skopje; President of the Committee for International Cooperation; Member of the Committee on Legal Issues;       
   
   2002-2006: Member of Parliament (Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia); Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Group for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs;      
   
   Parliamentary Committees: President of the European Affairs Committee (2003-current); Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee (2002-current); Vice-President of the Constitutional Affairs Committee (2002-current); Permanent Inquiry Committee for Protection of the Rights and Freedoms of the Citizens (2002-2003); Substitute Member of the Legislative Committee (2002-2003);        
   
   Parliamentary Delegations: Delegation in the Interparliamentary Union (IPU) (2003- current); Vice - President of the Parliamentary Delegation for Cooperation with the European Parliament (2002-2003);      
   
   LANGUAGES: Macedonian, English, Serbo-Croatian, German (passive);