Fatmir Besimi

Fatmir Besimi
Minister of Finance in North Macedonia
In office
30 August 2020  23 June 2024
Preceded byNina Angelovska
Succeeded byGordana Dimitrieska Kocoska
Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in charge of European Affairs
In office
18 February 2013  4 April 2016
Minister of Defence
In office
28 July 2011  18 February 2013
Preceded byZoran Konjanovski
Succeeded byTalat Xhaferi
Personal details
Born (1975-11-18) 18 November 1975
Tetovo, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia)
Citizenship Macedonian
Political partyDemocratic Union for Integration

Fatmir Besimi (Macedonian: Фатмир Бесими; born 18 November 1975) is a Macedonian politician and economist of Albanian ethnicity. He served as Minister of Finance in North Macedonia from 2020 to 2024. He also served twice as Minister of Economy (December 2004 – June 2006 and August 2008 – July 2011) then Minister of Defence (August 2011 – February 2013) and after that he was Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in charge of European Affairs (March 2013 – March 2016). In 2010 he was selected as one of the top European Ministers in the group of Young Global Leaders by World Economic Forum.