Halil Mëniku
Halil Bej Mëniku (died June 4, 1967) was an Albanian politician and publisher. He served as mayor of Tiranë from 1943 to 1944.[1]
Life[]
In 1935 he published the journal Jeta dhe Kultura (English: Life and Culture).[2] A member of Balli Kombëtar's central committee, Mëniku had joined the anti-Italian military bands in 1942. In 1943 after Italy's capitulation and the German takeover he became vice-kommissar of Tiranë and acted as mayor of the city. At the same time, he also represented Balli Kombëtar along with Skënder Muço, , Mit’hat Frashëri and Hasan Dosti in the Mukje Assembly, which determined a short-lived national salvation government between the nationalist and communist factions.[3] After the communist victory, he fled to western Europe. Mëniku was the head of the International Peasants' Union in Rome and a director of the press bureau of the "Free Albania" National Committee. He died on June 4, 1967 in Paris and was buried at the cemetery of Thiais.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Mayors of Tirana". tirana.gen.al.
- ^ Körner, Christine (1982). Entwicklung und Konzeption der Presse in Albanien und der albanischen Exilpresse. R. Trofenik. p. 436. ISBN 9783878281504. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ Neuwirth, Hubert (2008). Widerstand und Kollaboration in Albanien 1939-1944. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 93. ISBN 9783447057837. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ Monthly bulletin. Bulletin. New York: International Peasant Union. 1967. p. 2. OCLC 302412126. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- 1967 deaths
- Mayors of Tirana
- Albanian publishers (people)
- Balli Kombëtar
- Albanian anti-communists