Macedonian Committee

See also: Macedonian Struggle

Hellenic Macedonian Committee

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Formation	1903
Type	Revolutionary organization
Purpose	Liberation of Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire
Main organ	Macedonian Committee

The Hellenic Macedonian Committee was a revolutionary organization with the aim of liberation of Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire (in the Vilayets of Monastir and Salonika). The Makedoniko Komitato (Μακεδονικό Κομιτάτο, meaning "Macedonian Committee") was formed in 1903, under the leadership of wealthy publisher Dimitrios Kalapothakis; its members included Ion Dragoumis and Pavlos Melas. The guerilla fighters were called Makedonomachoi.

Sources

• Karavangelis, Germanos: "The Macedonian Struggle" (Memoirs)
• Dakin, Douglas: "The Greek Struggle in Macedonia 1897–1913", 1993 ISBN 9607387007
• Rappoport, Alfred: Au pays des martyrs. Notes et souvenirs d'un ancien consul-général d'Autriche-Hongrie en Macédoine (1904–1909). Librarie Universitaire J. Gamber, Paris, 1927. Memoirs of the General Consul of Austro-Hungary in Macedonia. Cat. No. 7029530203814.