Anđelko Aleksić
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Vojvoda Aleksić
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| Born | 1876 Midinci, Ottoman Empire (now Kičevo Municipality, R. Macedonia) |
| Died | 27 May 1904 Šuplji Kamen, Ottoman Empire |
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| Years of service | 1897–1904 |
| Rank | Voivode (Vojvoda) |
| Battles/wars | Macedonian Serb Struggle |
Anđelko Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Анђелко Алексић; 1876 – 27 May 1904) was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik commander (voivode). He and Đorđe Cvetković led the first two armed bands of the Serbian Chetnik Organization, sent from the Kingdom of Serbia into Ottoman Macedonia to fight for the liberation of Macedonia.
Anđelko Aleksić was born in Midinci, which at the time was part of the Ottoman Empire. He was a pečalbar (seasonal worker) in Belgrade, and had come since being a youngster. In 1897 he joined the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), and he participated in the Ilinden Uprising (1903). After the uprising had been suppressed, Aleksić returned to wintering in Belgrade. He was working as a cook at the kafana (restaurant) called "Orient" at the beginning of the 20th century. When the revolutionary organization known as the Serbian Chetnik Organization was formed with the aim of liberation of Old Serbia (Kosovo) and Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire, he immediately joined the organization.
On 25 April 1904, two bands (četa) of some 20 fighters under voivodes Anđelko Aleksić and Đorđe Cvetković swore oath in a ceremony of the Serbian Chetnik Committee (Dr. Milorad Gođevac, Vasa Jovanović, Žika Rafailović, Luka Ćelović, Ljubomir Kovačević, Nikola Spasić and General Jovan Atanacković), with prota Nikola Stefanović holding the prayers. The Committee had prepared the formation of the first bands for a number of months.
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