Most important Macedoniae leader of all times.

[DIMO]

a question to everyone, who would you choose to be the most important Macedonian leader of all times? I know it would be hard to pick one. I would say Goce Delcev.

[Prolet]

Wise choice Dimo, Goce Delchev and Nikola Karev for are my choices.

[julie]

Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, and all of the komiti and partisani.

[Bill77]

Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, and all of the komiti and partisani.

Good response sis. I was thinking the same. All the unknown soldiers in every battle the Macedonians faced. They were all heroes and leaders for the Macedonian cause.

[The LION will ROAR]

All had their part in History, Soldiers, politics and leadeship...
All who fought for the Macedonian cause has equal rights to heroism

[Jankovska]

Philip
Sandanski
Delcev

[Prolet]

Jankovska, I must say im honored with your choices and i respect them too, especially Goce Delcev however on one end you say you respect these Revulcioneri yet on the other you opose them having their statues in Stari Kraj why is that? Shouldnt we all feel honered and proud of them that represent who we are?

[julie]

LMAO Prolet, you are starting on Jankovska again, the love is back

[Jankovska]

Jankovska, I must say im honored with your choices and i respect them too, especially Goce Delcev however on one end you say you respect these Revulcioneri yet on the other you opose them having their statues in Stari Kraj why is that? Shouldnt we all feel honered and proud of them that represent who we are?

I opose it because if they saw how the people live in poverty they would opose it too. Coz afterall these revolucioneri are remember because they cared for the poor people first. If Sandanski could wake from his death he would be devestated to see the millions spend on spomenici while the poor people can't afford medical bills. That is why I am against it. They themselves would be too

[Prolet]

Jankovska, Poverty is everywhere i do admit that back in those days the people were more loyal to eachother and helped eachother alot more then they do now. Do you think they wernt poor back then? They were very poor and disadvantaged however they had big hearts and fought to give us what we have today. We should be very proud of our history.

Julie, As long as she's nice to me i'll always be her friend :-)

[TrueMacedonian]

Antiquity - Filip II

East Roman Era - Justinian

Medieval Era - Tsar Samoil, Cyril & Methodius, Clement & Naum

Revolutionaries - Delchev & Sandanski

Partisani - Chento

[Prolet]

No Nikola Karev?

[Risto the Great]

I was kind of thinking Meto Koloski. But that was based on reading too many UMetoD announcements .... once I beamed myself out of the parallel universe, reality dictated I should choose someone else.

If I had to pick the most important Macedonian of all time ... it would be every one of the Macedonian peasant workers who perpetuated the Macedonian traditions and language untarnished over thousands of years.

If I had to pick the most important Macedonian leader, it would have to be Alexander simply because of his worldwide profile. Not what he necessarily did for Macedonians.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Phillip II, without whom Alexander is nothing.

[aleksandrov]

In terms of relevance to the ongoing Macedonian struggle for freedom and justice, I would say Delchev stands out above the other greats, not only for his military and organizational abilities (in which people like Dame Gruev, Boris Sarafov and Todor Aleksandrov possibly exceeded him), but more for his big picture vision and moral and ideological inspiration.

In terms of leaders who have, unfortunately, had the biggest impact on shaping the mentality of the current Macedonian 'mainstream', vassal names like Lazar Kolishevski, Kiro Gligorov and Ivan Mihajlov immediately spring to mind (I am not familiar with the names of any major Greek vassals in Macedonia). As repulsive as the mentality they represent is, their importance to a modern reality in which so many of our people take pride in a subservient status and treat genuine dedication to independence, freedom and justice as delusional or dangerous idealism cannot be overestimated.

In terms of historical contributions to human civilization in general, the most obvious names are Philip II, Aristotle, Alexander III, Justinian I, Kiril & Metodi, and Basil II.