Emanuel Hristov Čučkov (; 27 November 1901 – 1 September 1967) also known as Mane Čučkov () was a Macedonian statesman, partisan, author and professor. Biography Early life Čučkov was born in Novo Selo, near Štip, then in the Ottoman Empire. He received his elementary education in Novo Selo and continued his education in Štip and Skopje. In 1919 he joined a socialist revolutionary circle. He agitated with the circle during the 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election. Due to his activity, Čučkov was arrested in 1921, however he was quickly released. In 1923 he joined the Macedonian Youth Secret Revolutionary Organization. He was arrested again in 1924, although he was swiftly released. Čučkov graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade in 1925. In 1927 he was involved in the Skopje Student Trial and was released without charges. Prior to his arrest, Čučkov worked as a substitute teacher in Ohrid. After becoming a high school professor, he worked in Belgrade, Svilajnac, Čačak, Bijeljina, Štip, Smederevska Palanka, Ćuprija and Skopje. In 1937 Čučkov got into contact with MANAPO, and later with the Communist Party of Yugosalvia. During World War II In 1941, after the capitulation of Yugoslavia and the subsequent occupation of Vardar Macedonia, Čučkov went to Sofia and got his teaching license. Due to being a former member of the MYSRO and related to IMORO revolutionary Efrem Čučkov, he was appointed by the Bulgarian authorities as director at the gymnasium in Prilep and later at a gymnasium in Skopje. In the autumn of 1943 he joined the Communist Party of Macedonia and became a member of an informal group called the "Action national-liberation Committee" (ANOK) within the party, which agitated for the independence of a united Macedonia. In April 1944 he became a member of the Initiative committee for the organization of the Antifascist Assembly of the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM). In June, Čučkov, along with Metodija Andonov - Čento and Kiril Petrušev met with Josip Broz Tito on the island of Vis for consultations due to their activity. He participated during the first session of ASNOM, and was elected as second vice presidents of the Presidium of ASNOM. On August 14, the Presidium of ASNOM elected him as a member of the commission for determining the offenses of the occupiers and their servants. Čučkov was also elected as a commissioner for agriculture of