Aleksandar Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Марковић, 1864–1918+), known by his nickname Cene (Цене Марковић), was a Serbian Chetnik commander (voivoda) in Macedonia, in the Balkan Wars and World War I. Marković was born in the village of Jelošnik near Tetovo (now in North Macedonia).
[1] He lived in his village for his first 15 years, then sought work in the Principality of Bulgaria, then a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.
[2] He finished training at the NCO school and served as a soldier, then returned to Bulgaria,[2] as a cavalry officer of the Bulgarian Army.
[2] With the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, he joined the Chetnik detachment of Vojislav Tankosić and participated in fighting in Merdare, destroying the Ottoman border stations.
[2] In 1915, with the fall of Serbia, the Bulgarians attacked Tetovo, killing Marković's horse, but he survived and escaped into Albania.