Yané Sandanski (1872-1945), a revolutionary; the leader of the MRO in Pirin Macedonia; a collaborator of Delchev and the voyvoda of Melnik ("the Pirin czar"); supporter of the idea for the MRO independent and opponent to the vrhovists and the andarts; he endeavoured for collaboration with the Young Turks and for wider constitutional rights of the Macedonians; he was the president of the National Federative Party (NFP) and supported the idea for independent Macedonia; he was killed by the vrhovists