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Aleksandar Protogerov (Bulgarian: Александър Протогеров; 28 February 1867 – 7 July 1928) was a Bulgarian Army general, politician and revolutionary. He was among the leaders of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.
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Aleksandar Protogerov (Bulgarian: Александър Протогеров; 28 February 1867 – 7 July 1928) was a Bulgarian Army general, politician and revolutionary. He was among the leaders of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.
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Biography Protogerov was born on 28 February 1867 in Ohrid in the Ottoman Empire (now in North Macedonia). Later he completed his primary education there in the local Bulgarian Exarchate school. On 5 October 1882 he entered the Military School in Sofia and was a volunteer in the Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885). In 1887, he graduated from the Military School and was assigned to the infantry. On 18 May 1890, he was already a lieutenant. On 2 August 1894 he became a captain and served as an adjutant in the 1st Brigade of the 5th Danube Infantry Division. He served in Rousse, where he was the leader of the Bulgarian Officers' Brotherhoods. Later he served as a company commander of the 32nd Zagore Infantry Regiment. As a Bulgarian officer, he was also a member of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee. Protogerov took part in the Gorna Dzhumaya uprising in 1902 and in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903. Later he joined the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Protogerov was a Bulgarian Freemason and held a leading position (Grand Master) in the lodge where he was a member since the 1910s. In the Balkan Wars, Protogerov was one of the organizers of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan…
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Military awards Soldier's Cross of Bravery III grade, Bulgaria Military Order of Bravery III grade, Bulgaria Royal Order of St. Alexander III grade with swords in the middle, Bulgaria People's Order of Military Merit III grade on military ribbon, Bulgaria
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Legacy After his death, a faction consisting of his supporters (known as Protogerovists) emerged in the IMRO. They were involved in an internecine struggle with Mihailovists from 1928 to 1934, after which they merged with Zveno and joined the communist Fatherland Front during World War II. The Macedonian historiography in the Yugoslav era regarded Protogerov as part of a group of "bulgarized renegades of the Macedonian revolutionary and liberation movement". He is considered as an ethnic Macedonian in North Macedonia.
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Sources Вазов, В., Животописни бележки, София, 1992, Военноиздателски комплекс „Св. Георги Победоносец“, ISBN 954-509-002-2, с.123
