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Mihajlo Apostolski

Mihailo Apostolski
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Mihailo Apostolski
Native name Михаило Апостолски
Born November 8, 1906
Novo Selo, Štip, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Republic of Macedonia)
Died

August 7, 1987(1987-08-07) (aged 80)
Dojran, Yugoslavia (now Republic of Macedonia )


Nationality Macedonian
Citizenship SFR Yugoslavia
Education MIlitary academy in Belgrade
Alma mater Military Academy in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Occupation colonel general , politician , historian
Known for Commander of the Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army and Partisan detachments in Macedonia during World War II.
Notable work ASNOM
Home town Štip
Title Dr., PhD.
Term President of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (1976-1983)
Predecessor Blaže Koneski (1967-1975)
Successor Jordan Pop Jordanov (1984-1991)
Political party Communist Party of Yugoslavia (since April 1942)
Spouse(s) Cveta Apostolska
Parent(s) Mite Apostolski and Vasa Apostolska

August 7, 1987(1987-08-07) (aged 80)
Dojran, Yugoslavia (now Republic of Macedonia )

Mihailo Apostolski (Macedonian: Михаило Апостолски born Mihail Mitev ApostolovBulgarian: Михаил Митев Апостолов), (November 8, 1906 Štip, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, present-day Republic of Macedonia - August 7, 1987 Dojran, SFR Yugoslavia, now Republic of Macedonia) was a Yugoslav general, military theoretician, politician, historian, Commander of the Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army and Partisan detachments in Macedonia.

He attended primary and secondary school in Štip. In 1927 graduated from the Military Academy in Belgrade, capital of Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1933 he graduated from the High Military Academy, and in 1938 graduated Commanding Academy (Serbo-Croatian: Генералштабна академија/Generalštabna akademija).

During the invasion of Yugoslavia by Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Romania, in April 1941, as a commander of the alpine units of the Royal Yugoslav Army, he ordered demolition of bridges in order to slow the progress of the German troops.

After the capitulation of Yugoslavia he was captured by the Italian army and was taken to the camp Vestone. Shortly after, his father, a Bulgarian army veteran, made a request to the Bulgarian Minister of War and it was granted soon after. Apostolski, as well as 12,000 other Macedonian POWs, were released with Bulgarian intervention by the German, Italian and Hungarian authorities. After his liberation from the prison, Apostolski was offered a captain's rank as a Bulgarian officer, but he considered this unsatisfactory. Thus, in September Apostolski entered the Macedonian National Liberation Army and became a partisan leader in the National Liberation War of Macedonia. In May 1943 he was appointed Major General. During the Second Session of AVNOJ he was appointed to the Presidency of AVNOJ. In addition to the Macedonian brigades operating under his command, in February 1944, he commanded the brigades from Kosovo and Southern Serbia. He became a member of the Initiative Board for organization of ASNOM. He participated in the First Session of the ASNOM and was elected to its Presidency. He successfully fought against the forces of Bulgaria (which, even today, considers itself as the force that liberated Macedonia, while in the Republic of Macedonia it is considered as an occupying force), as well as against Italian fascist and German nazi forces throughout World War II.


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