After declaring independence, Macedonia adopted a system with both a president and a prime minister. At first, the left--dominated by former communists--had the upper hand. Kiro Gligorov, 83 this year and a long-time Communist Party official, was elected president, and the cabinet was led by the Social-Democratic Alliance (the former Communist Party).
馬國獨立後，採總統與內閣共和體制，原本政權由共產勢力蛻變後組成的左派掌權，現年八十三歲的總統葛理格羅夫就是非常資深的共產黨員，內閣也由他代表的左派社會民主聯盟主持。