Vasil Tupurkovski

Vasil Tupurkovski (Macedonian: Васил Тупурковски; born 8 April 1951) is a Macedonian academic, politician and the former president of the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia.[1]

Vasil Tupurkovski
3rd Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Macedonia
In office
15 May 1989 – 8 September 1991
Preceded byLazar Mojsov
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1951-04-08) 8 April 1951
Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partyDemocratic Alternative (1998–present)
Other political
affiliations		SKJ (until 1990)

Tupurkovski was born in Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia. After graduation, he worked as a professor of International law at the University of Skopje. He was the founder of the centrist political party Democratic Alternative (Demokratska alternativa) in March 1998. Between 1999 and 2000 he served as Deputy Prime Minister in the government under Ljubčo Georgievski. In April 2009, he was sentenced to three years in jail on charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds.[2] This decision was reversed on 9 December 2009 by the Appellate Court.[3]

Tupurkovski was featured in the BBC documentary The Death of Yugoslavia.

References
  1. "Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". European Olympic Committees. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  2. "Tupurkovski 3 years in jail", Macedonia Daily, 8 April 2009.
  3. Petrovic, Predrag (9 December 2009). "Decision reversed for Tupurkovski and Buckovski" (in Macedonian). A1. Retrieved 25 January 2010.


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