predecessor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title name alma_mater
branko crvenkovski strumica , yugoslavia -lrb- now macedonia -rrb- social democratic union leader of opposition 8 october 1974 2 june 2013 zoran zaev
 zoran zaev Зоран Заев university of buenos aires june 2014
zoran zaev

zoran zaev -lrb- '' '' ; born 8 october 1974 in strumica -rrb- is the political leader of the social democratic union of macedonia -lrb- sdsm -rrb- and the leader of opposition in the republic of macedonia .
he is also mayor of the strumica municipality , re-elected in the 2013 local elections .
he was elected as president of sdsm by receiving the majority of votes in the 14th macedonian social democratic congress , held on 2 june 2013 .
in his political career he has been a member of the macedonian assembly from 2003 to 2005 , in 2005 he was first elected as mayor of strumica , and in 2008 he became the vice president of the social democratic union of macedonia .
zoran zaev is a member of the sdsm since 1996 .
for two mandates he has been elected as the president of the regional administration of the party in the strumica region .
for manipulation of his present state for the construction of the city mall `` global '' , he and five of his coworkers were arrested and imprisoned .
the case ended after the abolition signed by president branko crvenkovski , with whom zoran zaev and his associates were released from prison .
on 1 september 2008 he was placed in the position of vice president of the party .
in the 2009 local elections zaev was elected for his second mandate as mayor of strumica .
in 2013 , after branko crvenkovski stepped down from the leader 's position in sdsm , zaev was elected as the party 's president .
