Maliq Bushati
Maliq Bey Bushati[1] (Shkodër, 8 July 1880 – 15 February 1946) was an Albanian public official and politician. After the Italian invasion of Albania he became an Interior Minister in the Vërlaci government and afterwards Prime Minister of Albania during the Italian occupation from 13 February to 12 May 1943, thus an Axis collaborator.[2]
Maliq Bushati | |
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18th Prime Minister of Albania | |
In office 13 February 1943 – 12 May 1943 | |
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 |
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Born | Shkodër, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire | 8 July 1880
Died | 15 February 1946 65) Albania | (aged
Political party | Albanian Fascist Party |
Profession | Prime Minister |
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Along with two other Axis Collaborators Lef Nosi and father Anton Harapi, he was sentenced to death by communist Albania.
Biography
Maliq was born in Shkodër on 8 July 1880[3] to Hyssen Beg in the Alibegaj branch of the Bushati family. His father followed military education at the local school and in Istanbul afterwards. He served with the rank of binbaşı in Vilayet of Salonica during the first years of the 20th century, only to die suddenly at a young age in 1903.[4]
References
- Elsie, Robert (2012). "Bushati, Maliq Bey". A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 60.
- Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). Albania at war, 1939–1945. Purdue University Press. p. 141. ISBN 9781557531414.
- Dervishi, Kastriot (2012). Kryeministrat dhe ministrat e shtetit shqiptar në 100 vjet (in Albanian). Tiranë: 55. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9789994356225.
- Bushati, Hamdi (2003). Bushatllinjtë (in Albanian). Shkodër: Idromeno. pp. 369–378. ISBN 9789992784129.
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Preceded by Eqrem Bej Libohova |
Prime Minister of Albania 1943 |
Succeeded by Eqrem Bej Libohova |