Maliq Bushati (8 February 1890 – 20 February 1946) was an Albanian politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Albania from February 1943 to May 1943 as an Axis collaborator. Following the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939, Bushati served as Interior Minister from 1939 to 1941 under the government of Shefqt Vërlaci. Along with two other Axis collaborators Lef Nosi and father Anton Harapi, he was sentenced to death by communist Albania.[1][2]
Maliq Bushati | |
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| 18th Prime Minister of Albania | |
| In office 13 February 1943 – 12 May 1943 | |
| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III |
| Preceded by | Ekrem Libohova |
| Succeeded by | Ekrem Libohova |
| Interior secretary minister of Albania | |
| In office 12 April 1939 – 3 December 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Zef Kadarja |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Kruja |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1890 Shkodër, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 20 February 1946 (aged 56) Albania |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Political party | Albanian Fascist Party |
| Profession | Prime Minister |
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Biography
editMaliq was born in Shkodër on 8 February 1890 to Hyssen Beg in the Alibegaj branch of the Bushati family.[3] His father followed military education at the local school and in Istanbul afterwards. He served with the rank of binbashi in Vilayet of Salonica during the first years of the 20th century, only to die suddenly at a young age in 1903.[4]
References
edit- ^ Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). Albania at war, 1939–1945. Purdue University Press. p. 141. ISBN 9781557531414.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2012). "Bushati, Maliq Bey". A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 60.
- ^ Fjalor enciklopedik i viktimave të terrorit komunist (A-Ç) (PDF). Tirana: Instituti i Studimit të Krimeve dhe Pasojave të Komunizmit (ISKK). 2012. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-9928-168-01-6.
- ^ Bushati, Hamdi (2003). Bushatllinjtë (in Albanian). Shkodër: Idromeno. pp. 369–378. ISBN 9789992784129.
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