An engineer by training, he was first elected prime minister in 1992, when he was 29, and served in the post until 1998, when the SDSM lost the election.
Inženjer po struci, prvi je put izabran za premijera 1992., kada mu je bilo 29 godina, te je na toj dužnosti ostao do 1998., kada je SDSM izgubila na izborima.