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Dimitar Dimitrov (born in 1937 in Chrisa near
Dimitar Dimitrov (born in 1937 in Chrisa near Aridaia
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, Pella regional unit, Greece
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) is a Macedonian
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politician (minister and diplomat), scientist (professor in philosophy), writer.
Dimitrov was the Minister of Culture (1991 – 1992) and the Minister of Education (1998 – 1999) of the Republic of Macedonia, the Ambassador (2000 – 2003) of the Republic of Macedonia to Russia and Belarus.
He has a reputation for being a Bulgarophile
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intellectual in his country. Dimitrov claims that there was a process of de-Bulgarization
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in the 20th century on the territory of North Macedonia.
Dimitrov is an author of philosophical, political and children's books. He published 3 books with short stories for children: "Shepherd boy" (1960), "Goodbye, childhood" and "When we are children" (1962).Друговац, Миодраг. Историја на македонската книжевност ХХ век, Скопје 1990, с. 684 (Drugovac, Miodrag. History of the Macedonian literature 20th century, Skopje 1990, p. 684).
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