Andon Dimitrov | |
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| Born | January 1867 |
| Died | 13 March 1933 (1933-03-14) (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Ottoman/Bulgarian |
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Andon Dimitrov (Bulgarian andMacedonian:Андон Димитров; January 1867 – 13 March 1933) was aMacedonian Bulgarian[1] revolutionary. He was among the founders of theInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).[2]
Dimitrov was born to a richBulgarian family in the village ofAjvatovo (now a part of the municipality ofMygdonia, at the time inthe Ottoman Empire). He graduated from theBulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki in 1889 and then he studied law inIstanbul. He wasn't able to complete his studies due to a disease. He returned toThessaloniki and taughtTurkish in his old high school from 1892 to 1897. He also taughtBulgarian in the localTurkishgymnasium.
On 23 October 1893 Dimitrov, together withHristo Tatarchev,Dame Gruev,Ivan Hadzhinikolov,Petar Poparsov andHristo Batandzhiev founded what is commonly known as theInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.[3] Andon Dimitrov was a member of the organization's central committee from its very beginning; he was re-elected in 1896.
After 1897 Dimitrov got a teaching position inBitola in 1897. In 1899 he continued his law education inUniversity of Liège and graduated in 1901. He returned to Bitola in November 1901 and started a career as a lawyer, while at the same time continuing his participation in the leadership of IMRO. In November 1903, Andonov was appointed a principal of allBulgarian schools inPrilep. Andonov continued his career in law in 1904, when he was voted a judge in the Bitola appellate court. After theYoung Turk Revolution he participated in the creation of theBulgarian Constitutional Clubs political party, being chosen as its leader in its inauguration congress.
Andon Dimitrov moved toBulgaria in 1913 and started to work in Ministry of Justice, and later in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Denominations. Dimitrov was one of the founders of theTemporary Commission of the Macedonian Brotherhoods in Bulgaria, which was the predecessor of theMacedonian Federative Organization (MFO). However, Dimitrov did not participate in the MFO because of the growing tensions and hostility with the right-wing IMRO. Later, he taught Turkish at the Bulgarian Commerce school in Istanbul. Dimitrov, suffering from a serious illness, died by suicide on March 13, 1933, inSofia.[4]
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