Mihailo Apostolski

Mihailo Apostolski, born as (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Михаил Апостолов, later Macedonian Cyrillic:Михаjло Апостолски (born: 8 November 1901 in Stip, (today Republic of Macedonia), - died, 7 August 1987 in Dojran, (today Republic of Macedonia) was a Communist general, politician and historian in SFRY.

Between WWI and WWII he entered in an Officer's school in Kingdom of Yugoslavia and became a major.During the Axis invasion in Yugoslavia in April 1941, he was captured and interned in prisoner's of war camp near Milan.

Shortly after his father made a request to the Bulgarian Minister of Defense, where he wrote, his son was Bulgarian by orirgin, his parents too and becouse of that Apostolov have to be liberated. The request was granted soon.

After his liberation the Communist Mihail Apostolov changed his name in Mihailo Apostolski, entered Macedonian National Liberation Army and became a partisan leader in the National Liberation War of Macedonia against Bulgarians.

After the WWII Apostolski became one of the leading military members of new SFRY and since 1967 to 1983 he became President of the Macedonian Accademy for Science and Art. In 1995 the Military Academy in the new Republic of Macedonia was named "Mihailo Apostolski".