Born January 20, 1891 ( 1891-01-20 ) Nikodim Prilep, Ottoman Empire Died 13 October 1960, Prilep, Macedonia (FYROM) | ||
Haralampi Perev (Bulgarian: Харалампи Перев) (according to some sources Haralampy Perev Iliev, or Perev Haralampy Popov) was a Bulgarian lawyer and campaigner for human rights of Bulgarians in Serbia, Yugoslavia and Macedonia. Born in the village Nikodin, Prilep, then part of the Ottoman Empire on January 20, 1891. He died in Prilep on October 13, 1960, Macedonia.
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Early years
Primary / seven-year / education in Prilep to go then to Constantinople as a pet Exarchal Seminary. After the rebellion of Exarchal wards, he returned to Macedonia and continued his education in Monastir Bulgarian male classical school, which finished on June 26, 1911. Then one year exarchist teacher in Prilep.
In the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
In October 1912, Serbian authorities arrested sh in Prilep, after questioning was released and immediately went illegally to Bulgaria and joined the military, his royal Majesty Ferdinand I school. On August 25, 1915 was promoted to podporuchnik and then participated in the First World War battlefields of the whole of Macedonia to strengthen its locality Pleven Division of Tumba of Belasitza to end the war. It was awarded a medal for bravery - IV degree. Demobilized as a lieutenant of the Bulgarian Army and soon, 1919 is recorded as a student of the Law Faculty in Sofia. After two years training he moved to Belgrade where to continue his education by working simultaneously to graduating from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade on March 14, 1923. After graduation worked as secretary of the Appeals Court in Belgrade, secretary of the Cassation Court in Belgrade, examining judge, then as a judge in Obrenovac, Uzice, Kraljevo, Ub and Pozarevac, and in 1939 he was appointed chairman of the court in Dubrovnik. In Dubrovnik remains only a few months, being retired with pension administration. His retirement was at the command of the Serbian authorities because of its proximity to Croatian nationalists and politicians, especially because of friendly relations with the leader of the Croatian Peasant Party Vladko Macek, who throughout his career in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, it supports and provides for higher positions justice system. At the end of 1939 returns to bat and opened a law practice. Here he finds WWII.
During World War II
Sixth of April 1941 Belgrade was bombed and so began the collapse of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Serbian army, police and administration more April 7 leave Bat and the city remains without defense of rogue gangs which are formed in its vicinity. Therefore, a group of citizens of Prilep, at an informal meeting in the cafeteria "Kai Chesney - Balkan" offered Haralampy Perev mayor - autocrat of Prilep and organizer of the defense of the city and the security of citizens and their properties [1]. He collected the remaining weapons, mostly rifles runaway Serb army, volunteers collected by citizens, organized by "urban militia" introduces curfew and manage the city as the only power, until the arrival of Bulgarian troops on 22 April. Participates in the formation of the Bulgarian Action Committees and organize meeting of the Bulgarian army in Prilep. Throughout the war Haralampy Perev deals with Bar and one year spent in Bitola as mobilized reserve officer of the Bulgarian Army. Simultaneously, protects part of the Macedonian communists, between which and Metodi Andonov-Cento, in a large trial that leads direct a military court of the Bulgarian army and managed to declare them innocent. This helps personal friendship with gene. Boydev.
In Tito's Yugoslavia
After the war, again working as a lawyer and defended many accused by Macedonian controversial "law on Macedonian national honor." in view of the time and conditions, the success of legal defense and minimal, however, managed to cancel several death sentences. In 1947 he was arrested under vague accusations trial is manipulated trial and sentenced to three years in prison. Launched two years ago, he was forbidden to exercise Bar, gets right to Bar again in 1950. In life he was a close friend of Jordan Tchkatrov and his brother Dimitar Tchkatrov, he was a friend and all Macedonians who were tried in Skopje student process in 1928. Always described as Bulgarian nationalist michailovist and close to Vanco Mihajlov. By the end of his life living quietly and peacefully isolated in Prilep, where he worked as a lawyer until his last moment.
Family
He married in 1943 to Elena Kuzmanova from Bitola, from Bulgarian Exarchate family whose cousin is Stephen Kouzmanov, one of the signatories of the famous Memorandum against Macedonism and sentenced in 1946 to 15 years in prison.
Son of Haralampy Perev Vladimir Perev, born in 1945, Macedonian and Bulgarian journalist and publicist, also arrested in 1963 by authorities and Tito accused of membership of IMRO /aka vanchomihaylovizam/, Bulgarian nationalist and anti-Yugoslavian.