Johan Tarčulovski (born 17 November 1974), is a Macedonian soldier, politician and former security inspector for Macedonian President

Boris Trajkovski Boris Trajkovski (GCMG) ( mk, Борис Трајковски, pronounced ; 25 June 1956 – 26 February 2004) was a Macedonian politician who served as the second President of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash. Traj ...

. Tarčulovski participated in the 1990s insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.

Career

Tarčulovski's political career began after the independence of the

Republic of Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

in 1991, and he was one of the early members of the

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...

. In 1993, he was named president of the Cair Municipality Youth Force Union. With the victory of

VMRO-DPMNE Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...

in the 1998 elections, Tarculovski joined the security crew for the

Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia } The prime minister of North Macedonia ( mk, Премиер на Северна Македонија, al, Kryeministri i Maqedonisë së Veriut), officially the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk, Претсед ...

Ljubco Georgievski. In 1999, he was appointed as

bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...

of the President of Macedonia. He remained as his bodyguard until Trajkovski's death in a

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. In 2001, he participated in the Macedonian-Albanian Conflict. The events of the war had severe consequences for Tarčulovski. He was brought before the international court in

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, convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison. He stayed in jail from 21 March 2005 to 11 April 2013, when he was released from a German prison.Biljana Vankovska on Johan Tarculovski's return
balkans.aljazeera.net; accessed 1 September 2017. ]

Personal life

Tarčulovski was born in

Butel Municipality Butel Municipality ( mk, ; sq, Butel) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor. "Skopje encompasses ten municipalities (Ae ...

on 17 November 1974. He and his wife, Sonja (née Veličkova), a Macedonian folk singer, have two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarculovski, Johan 1974 births Living people Military personnel from Skopje 2001 insurgency in Macedonia Politicians from Skopje Army of North Macedonia personnel People convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Macedonian nationalists Prisoners and detainees of Germany