As Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (2017-2020) Nikola Dimitrov was the chief negotiator of the Prespa Agreement, paving the way for NATO membership and GAC’s decision to open accession talks with North Macedonia (2020). He was elected as a member of Parliament in 2020, moving on to be Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs until January 2022. Dimitrov obtained a Master of Law Degree at the University of Cambridge in 1998. He is president and co-founder of the Balkan Center for Constructive Policies – Solution, a non-resident fellow at the IWM, council member of the ECFR, and a member of BIEPAG.