Vasil Tupurkovski

{{Short description|Macedonian academic and politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Vasil Tupurkovski

|native_name = {{No bold|Васил Тупурковски}}

|image = Васил Тупурковски.jpg

|office = 3rd Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Macedonia

|term_start = 15 May 1989

|term_end = 8 September 1991

|predecessor = Lazar Mojsov

|successor = Office abolished

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|04|08|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia

|party = Democratic Alternative (1998–present)

|otherparty = SKJ (until 1990)

|spouse =

|residence =

}}

Vasil Tupurkovski ({{langx|mk|Васил Тупурковски}}; born 8 April 1951) is a Macedonian academic, politician and the former president of the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurolympic.org/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/387 |title=Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |publisher=European Olympic Committees |access-date=24 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513014348/http://www.eurolympic.org/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/387 |archive-date=13 May 2006}}

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.[http://macedoniadaily.blogspot.com/2009/04/tupurkovski-3-years-in-jail.html "Tupurkovski 3 years in jail"], Macedonia Daily, 8 April 2009. This decision was reversed on 9 December 2009 by the Appellate Court.{{cite web|url=http://www.a1.com.mk/vesti/default.aspx?VestID=117286|title=Decision reversed for Tupurkovski and Buckovski|last=Petrovic|first=Predrag|date=9 December 2009|publisher=A1|language=mk|access-date=25 January 2010}}

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