Johan Tarčulovski (born 17 November 1974) is a

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soldier, politician and former security inspector for Macedonian President

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

Career

Tarčulovski's political career began after the independence of the

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

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. In 1993, he was named president of the Cair Municipality

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. With the victory of

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in the

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, Tarculovski joined the security crew for the

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Ljubco Georgievski. In 1999, he was appointed as

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of the

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. He remained as his bodyguard until Trajkovski's death in a

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. In 2001, he participated in the

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. 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

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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 Foreign nationals imprisoned in Germany