Borko Temelkovski (1919 – 2001) was a Macedonian
politician
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and
communist
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leader born in
Prilep
Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko.
Name
The name of Prilep appear ...
,
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
.
Temelkovski learned about hardship and
unionism
Unionism may refer to:
Trades
*Community unionism, the ways trade unions work with community organizations
*Craft unionism, a model of trade unionism in which workers are organised based on a particular craft or trade
* Dual unionism, the develop ...
at a young age. As a worker he became a member of the Workers Union in early 1938. Later on, he became a member of the
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
in 1939.
Temelkovski was captured and imprisoned during the
invasion of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, or ''Projekt 25'' was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was p ...
in early 1941. Soon after his release from captivity, he joined the
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...
where he took various positions as Communist Party Leader. From 1942 Temelkovski was a member of the PK KPJ for Macedonia, and then Head of the Operational Zone III. From September 1944 until the end of the war he was Political Commissioner of the GS for Macedonia, a member of
AVNOJ
The Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia,, mk, Антифашистичко собрание за народно ослободување на Југославија commonly abbreviated as the AVNOJ, was a deliberat ...
and
ASNOM
The Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia ( mk, Антифашистичко собрание за народно ослободување на Македонија (АСНОМ), ''Antifašističko sobranie za narodno oslo ...
, and a Secretary of PK SKOJ for Macedonia.
After the war, Temelkovski performed various political functions. Among others, he was President of the Republican Council of Macedonian Trade Unions, member of the Council of Federation, Federal Deputy, member of the CK SKJ, member of the CK SKJ Presidency, the Presidency of the Main Board of SSRN Macedonia and the Central Committee of the Veteran's Federation of Macedonia (VFM).
Long after retiring, he was President of the Veteran's Federation of Macedonia, until he died in 2001. Temelkovski is officially inaugurated as a National Hero and holds numerous political and military decorations.
[Mala Enciklopedija Prosveta, Book 3 page 569, Prosveta, Beograd 1986]
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1919 births
2001 deaths
People from Prilep
Yugoslav Partisans members
League of Communists of Macedonia politicians
Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero
Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour