Editing Skopje (section)

===City Council===
The City Council consists of 45 members who serve a four-year term. It primarily deals with budget, global orientations and relations between the city and the government. Several commissions exist to treat more specific topics, such as urbanism, finances, environment of local development.<ref name="council">{{cite web |url=http://www.skopje.gov.mk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=601 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730023325/http://www.skopje.gov.mk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=601 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2013 |title=Совет на Град Скопје, Мандат 2013–2017 |year=2013 |publisher=City of Skopje |access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref> The President of the council is elected by the Council Members. Since 2021 the president has been Trajko Slaveski, member of [[VMRO-DPMNE]].<ref>[https://skopje.gov.mk/mk/skopje/sovet/ Trajko Slaveski]</ref><ref name="council"/>

Following the 2021 local elections, the City Council is constituted as follows:<ref name="council"/><ref>[http://mtm.mk/index.php/features/2012-12-30-11-59-30/47-2013-01-29-17-39-38/1237-2013-04-18-12-48-48 MTM.MK - First constitutive session of the City Council] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130703033537/http://mtm.mk/index.php/features/2012-12-30-11-59-30/47-2013-01-29-17-39-38/1237-2013-04-18-12-48-48 |date=2013-07-03 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Party / List'''
! '''Seats'''
| rowspan="8" |[[File:Skopje City Council (October 2021).svg]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Social Democratic Union of Macedonia|SDSM]]|| 12
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[VMRO-DPMNE]] || 18
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Democratic Union for Integration|DUI]] || 5
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Alliance for Albanians|AA/A]] || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Democratic Renewal of Macedonia|DOM]] || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[the Left (North Macedonia)|Levica]] || 4
|-
||'''Total''' || style="text-align:center;" |'''45'''
|}