Anita Angelovska-Bežoska

Anita Angelovska-Bežoska (born 5 November 1971) is a Macedonian economist who served as Governor of the National Bank of North Macedonia from 2018 to 2025. Previously, she served as Vice Governor of the National Bank from 2011 to 2018. She has also worked for the Ministry of Finance and had a two-year work arrangement at the International Monetary Fund.

Early life and education Anita Angelovska-Bežoska was born on 5 November 1971 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Economics at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Skopje in 1994, after which she received her master's degree from the same faculty in 1997.

In the period 2003–2004, Angelovska-Bežoska was a State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance. In the same period, she was also a member of the Governing Board of the Health Insurance Fund of the Republic of Macedonia. In 2004, her contribution to the development of Macedonia's public finance was awarded by the US Embassy in Skopje.

National Bank Angelovska-Bežoska joined the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia as Chief Economist in 2004 and held this position until 2010, after which she served as Vice Governor of the National Bank. In March 2019, she was also elected as a member of the The Vienna Initiative 2.0 Steering Committee, representing the six non-EU countries from Southeast Europe. As Governor, she was a country representative on the IMF Board,

Academic career Angelovska-Bežoska is author of research papers on topics in the areas of monetary policy, macroeconomic policy, fiscal policy and public finance management. She has also worked as a lecturer at domestic and international educational and research institutions.

Personal life Angelovska-Bežoska is married and has three children.