CURRICULUM VITAE
 
 
NAME:                                                            H.E. Mrs. Marija Efremova
 
 
                                                                        tel:          +44 20 7976 0535
                                                                        E-mail:    efremova@macedonianembassy.org.uk
 
 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:                  October 12, 1960; Skopje, Macedonia
 
NATIONALITY:                                             Macedonian
 
MARITAL STATUS:                                     Married, one son
 
PROFESSION:                                              Lawyer
 
FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN:                       English, Italian, Serbian, Croatian
 
 
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1979                - completed secondary education at the Nikola Karev High School in Skopje,   Macedonia
 
1986                - Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Skopje
 
1990                - Passed the Bar examination, Macedonian Ministry of Justice, Skopje
 
1999                - Senior Executive Course 99-5, Certificate from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
 
2001                - Passed the Notary examination, Macedonian Ministry of Justice, Skopje
 
2007                - Masters degree in International Environmental Law, Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI), Rome, Italy
 
 
CAREER HISTORY
1986-1987       - Internship in Vangelovski Law Firm, Skopje, Macedonia
 
1988-1990       - Junior Associate at the Skopje District Court
 
1990-1996       - Expert Counselor at the Skopje District Court
 
1997-1998       - Expert Counselor at the Court of Appeals, Skopje
 
1998-2000       - Undersecretary of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia
 
2000-2002       - Assistant Minister for International Law and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia
 
2002-2006       - Minister Counselor at the Macedonian Embassy in Rome, Italy
 
2008-              - Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in London
 
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1999-2002       - Member of the Board of the Official Gazette, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
 
1999-2002       - Member of the Financial Committee of the Public Enterprise for Civil Air Transportation, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
 
2001-2002       - Member of the Coordinative Body for planning, monitoring, management and coordination of the reform in the local self-government system, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
 
2001-2007       - Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, The Netherlands
 
2004-2007       - Member of the Club degli Addetti Commerciali in Italia
 
 
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:
1996-1997       - Member of the Committee for "Mother-tongue languages" and Professor of Macedonian language and literature, United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy
 
2007                - Correspondent for Balkan countries for the association "La famiglia nella societa (The family in the Society)", Rome, Italy
 
  
PUBLICATIONS:
 
Efremova, M. Opportunita' turistiche in Macedonia. Diplomazia Comerciale, 3:36, 2006.

Efremova, M. La protezione dell'ambiente nelle costituzioni dei paesi balcanici. Masters thesis, SIOI, Rome, 2007.
 
Efremova, M. Sustainable Development Issues in the Balkans Mountain Regions and Observations on Female Entrepreneurship. To be presented and published in the Proceedings of the ESF Exploratory Workshop: Sustainable Development and Transboundary Co-Operation in Mountain Regions - The Alpine and the Carpathian Conventions, Budapest, September 20-22, 2007
 
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)