Pavle Sazdov
Pavle Sazdov | |
|---|---|
Павле Саздов | |
| Member of the Macedonian Parliament | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| President | Trajko Veljanovski |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Parliamentary group | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Constituency | Eight electoral district – Macedonian diaspora (North and South America) |
| State Secretary at the Ministry of Information Society and Administration | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Nikola Gruevski |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1983 |
| Citizenship | Macedonian |
| Party | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | FON University (MSc) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Pavle Sazdov (Macedonian: Павле Саздов; born December 27, 1983) is a Macedonian former politician. He served as state secretary at the Ministry of Information Society and Administration from 2010 to 2011, and as a member of parliament in the Macedonian National Assembly from 2011 to 2016, representing the Macedonian diaspora in North and South America.
Early life and education
Sazdov was born on December 27, 1983, in Skopje, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia).[1][2] He went to Canada when he was still in high school and lived in Toronto.[1][3]
Sazdov graduated in the field of Information Technologies at Everest College - School of Technology in 2005 in Canada.[1][4] He received an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Communication Technologies in FON University at Skopje,[4] while also receiving a master's degree from the same institute.[5]
His wife is a diplomat,[6] with whom he has two children.[7][8]
Career
Sazdov joined VMRO-DPMNE's Youth Force Union in 1997.[4] He worked as a business consultant in information technologies for "Best Buy Canada". Per himself, he returned to Macedonia (now North Macedonia) in 2010 at the invitation of former prime minister Nikola Gruevski to become state secretary in the Ministry of Information Society and Administration. He said that his position on the Macedonia naming dispute was identical to VMRO-DPMNE's position and that "there must be no bending of the spine at any cost".[1] Under the motto "Reforms will win", Sazdov was a candidate as a VMRO-DPMNE deputy in the eight electoral district for the early 2011 parliamentary elections, where he advocated for the formation of an American-Macedonian Chamber of Commerce and the facilitation of the procedure for Macedonian citizenship.[3] His mandate as state secretary for the Ministry of Information Society and Administration ended when he was elected as the first member of the Macedonian Assembly representing the Macedonian diaspora from North and South America. Sazdov also was a member of the Foreign Policy Committee and the president of the Inter Party Parliamentary Group for the Rights of People with Disabilities.[4]
In December 2013, he visited Toronto, where he said that the main subjects were promotion of the learning of the Macedonian language among the diaspora, securing Macedonian citizens with personal documents and the participation of the diaspora voters in the next presidential elections.[9] He was re-elected in the early parliamentary elections in 2014 with 1,170 votes.[10] In 2014, Sazdov spent over €16,000 for traveling abroad, the most out of any Macedonian member of the Assembly.[11]
He was the head of the Commission for supervision of wiretapping in July 2015.[12][13] In November 2015, he was elected as a member of the Inquiry Committee on the wiretapping scandal.[14] In the same month, a coordinator of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia accused Sazdov of being illegitimately elected because his votes were 1:10 compared to the votes needed to elect a deputy in the country, with law amendments stipulating a minimum of 6,000 votes for a candidate from the diaspora to be elected as a deputy. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party accused Sazdov of not living among his own voters after being employed as a state secretary and spending the night in a four-star hotel while being among the diaspora.[15]
References
- ^ a b c d "ВМРО-ДПМНЕ ги доби трите мандати во дијаспората". Utrinski Vesnik (in Macedonian). June 6, 2011.
- ^ "Speakers". e-Democracy. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
- ^ a b "Павле Саздов: ќе работам во интерес на сите иселеници". Voice of America (in Macedonian). May 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Macedonia and NATO: From Security Consumer to Security Provider". Wilson Center. March 27, 2012.
- ^ "Саздов: Еден глас во дијаспората вреди како десет во Македонија". A1он (in Macedonian). July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Сопругата на пратеникот Саздов стана дипломат во амбасадата во Хаг". Нова ТВ (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ "Пратеникот Павле Саздов доби второ дете". time.mk.
- ^ "Вмровците во Собрание можат да се пофалат со 13 направени деца, а Социјалдемократите со три". Off.net (in Macedonian).
- ^ "Образованието на македонски, документите и изборите најважни за Македонците во Канада". Kanal 5 (in Macedonian). December 9, 2013.
- ^ "Интервју, Павле Саздов: Постои опасност дијаспората да остане без пратеник!". Faktor (in Macedonian). November 4, 2016.
- ^ "Пратениците трошат над двесте просечни плати за патувања во странство". Prizma (in Macedonian). October 31, 2015.
- ^ "Petkovski: Commission for supervision of wiretapping is a farce and theater". Meta.mk. July 7, 2015.
- ^ "Macedonia MPs Monitor Secret Police Amid Opposition Absence". Balkan Insight. July 7, 2015.
- ^ "Parliament has voted in members of the Inquiry Committee". Meta.mk. November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Павле Саздов на тапет во Собранието, Сугарески му порача дека последен пат е пратеник". А1он (in Macedonian). November 9, 2015.