Todor Čepreganov (

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: Тодор Чепреганов) is a

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and former director of the Institute of National History of

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Biography

Čepreganov was born on September 20, 1955, in the town of

Štip Štip ( ) is the largest urban agglomeration in the eastern part of North Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities. As of the 2021 census, the city of Štip had ...

, then in the

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. He completed his primary education in his hometown and high school in Skopje. In 1979 Čepreganov graduated in history from the

University of Skopje The Saints Cyril and Methodius University () is a public research university in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is the oldest and largest public university in the country. It is named after the Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries Cyri ...

. He defended there his master's degree in 1989 and his doctorate in 1993. Between 1995 and 2000 Čepreganov taught History of the Balkan peoples under the „Study abroad at UKIM“ program. From 1998 he was a member of the Institute of National History in Skopje, and between 2001 and 2012 its president. At the same time he was a mentor to several candidates for master's and doctoral dissertations; member of several organizations and associations in the country and abroad; member of editorial boards of scientific journals; member of commissions within the Ministry of Education and Science, etc.Чепреганов посочи дека менување на името на државата значи и нова конструкција на народ кој всушност подразбира нов народ
25 Јуни, 2018, Magazin.mk.

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