Dimo Hadzhidimov

Who was Dimo Hadzhidimov?

Dimo Hadzhidimov was a 20th-century Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia He is considered a Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the left wing of IMORO. Hadzhidimov studied pedagogy in Kyustendil and then in Sofia. After that he worked as a teacher in the Bulgarian schools in Dupnitsa and later in Samokov. He also participated in Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. After the Young Turks revolution he returned to Macedonia and was one of the founders of the People's Federative Party. After 1909 he went back to Sofia, where Hadzhidimov entered Bulgarian Communist Party. During the Balkan Wars Hadzhidimov served as a Bulgarian soldier. After the First World War he was elected as a member of Bulgarian Parliament. He was assassinated by right wing IMRO activist Vlado Chernozemski in Sofia in 1924. His surname was given to Zhostovo village in Blagoevgrad Province in 1951. It was renamed as Hadzhidimovo.