Allegiance Macedonia Name Johan Tarculovski Unit Tigers (Tigri) | Years of service 2001 Service/branch Macedonian Police | |
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Native name Јohan Tarchulovski (Macedonian) Born November 17, 1974 (age 49) Ljubanci, Skopje, SR Macedonia ( 1974-11-17 ) Battles/wars Insurgency in the Republic of MacedoniaLjuboten sheepfolds | ||
Johan Tarculovski Released Early by Hague Court
Johan Tarčulovski, sometimes spelled Johan Tarculovski (born 17 November 1974), is a Macedonian soldier, politician, and former security inspector for Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski. Tarčulovski participated in the 1990s insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.
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- Johan Tarculovski Released Early by Hague Court
- Johan tar ulovski stigao u skoplje al jazeera balkans
- Career
- War criminal
- Personal life
- References
Johan tar ulovski stigao u skoplje al jazeera balkans
Career
His political career began after the independence of the Republic of Macedonia in 1991 and was one of the early members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity. In 1993, he was named president of the Cair Municipality Youth Force Union.
With the victory of VMRO-DPMNE in the 1998 elections Tarculovski joined the security crew for the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Ljubco Georgievski. In 1999 he was appointed as bodyguard of the President of Macedonia. He remained as his bodyguard until Trajkovski's death in a plane crash.
In 2001 he participated in the Macedonian-Albanian Conflict. The events of the war had severe consequences for Tarculovski. He was brought before the international court in Hague, 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.
War criminal
He was convicted and sentenced by the Hague prosecution for war crimes on 12 August 2001 in Ljuboten. After spending eight years in prison he returned to his homeland where he was greeted as a "war hero" and he was welcomed by thousands of people on the Macedonia Square, Skopje."
Personal life
He was born in Ljubanci (Butel Municipality) on 17 November 1974. He finished agricultural high school, Braka Miladinovci. His wife, Sonja (née Veličkova), is a Macedonian folk singer. The couple has two children.