Johan Tarčulovski (born 17 November 1974), is a Macedonian soldier, politician and former security inspector for Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski. Tarčulovski participated in the 1990s insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.

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Johan Tarčulovski
Native name	Јохан Тарчуловски (in Macedonian)
Born	(1974-11-17) 17 November 1974 (age 49) Ljubanci, Butel Municipality, SR Macedonia
Allegiance	Macedonia
Service/branch	Macedonian Police
Years of service	2001
Unit	Tigers (Tigri)
Battles/wars	Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia Ljuboten sheepfolds
Spouse(s)	Sonja Veličkova; 2 children

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Tarčulovski's political career began after the independence of the Republic of Macedonia in 1991, and he was one of the early members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity. In 1993, he was named president of the Cair Municipality Youth Force Union.^[1]

With the victory of VMRO-DPMNE in the 1998 elections, Tarculovski joined the security crew for the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Ljubco Georgievski. In 1999, he was appointed as bodyguard of the President of Macedonia. He remained as his bodyguard until Trajkovski's death in a plane crash.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, he participated in the Macedonian-Albanian Conflict. The events of the war had severe consequences for Tarčulovski. He was brought before the international court in The Hague, convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison. He stayed in jail from 21 March 2005 to 11 April 2013, when he was released from a German prison.^[2][3]

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Tarčulovski was born in Butel Municipality on 17 November 1974. He and his wife, Sonja (née Veličkova), a Macedonian folk singer, have two children.