[1] Tupurkovski was born in Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia.

After graduation, he worked as a professor of International law at the University of Skopje.

He was the founder of the centrist political party Democratic Alternative (Demokratska alternativa) in March 1998.

Between 1999 and 2000 he served as Deputy Prime Minister in the government under Ljubčo Georgievski.

In April 2009, he was sentenced to three years in jail on charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds.