 After the parliamentary elections in 1998 and the success of VMRO-DPMNE, Boškoski was named deputy-director of the Directorate for Security and CounterIntelligence — the domestic intelligence agency of the Macedonian government.On 31 January 2001, he was named state secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and on May 15, of the same year, appointed Minister of Internal Affairs by the ruling government.Following the parliamentary election of 15 September 2002, he was dismissed from his position as Minister of Internal Affairs and became a Member of Parliament.