Spiridon Kacarosi

Spiridon Kacarosi was born in Shkodra, on 5 September 1891.[1][2] His grandfather, an Ottoman clerk of Souliote origin, came to Shkodra from Corfu, in 1845. He attended primary and secondary education in his hometown, later studying and graduating in a commercial school. On 1911-1913, he was active in the Malësia Revolt. In 1913-1914 and 1921, he published various articles in the Taraboshi newspaper. He was at times vice-prefect in Mirdita, Përmet, and Durrës; mayor of Dibra, and Saranda. He was head of various high offices in the state administration of the time, and chief of the Albanian Secret Service from 1930-1937. Kacarosi was arrested and twice condemned to death, but he managed to escape under accidental circumstances: first by the Serbs, in 1915; later by the Communists, on 18 November 1944. Interned along with his family from Tirana to Shkodra, in 1952, he was imprisoned in the same year. During 1954-1958, he was held in various prison camps in Shtyllas, Radostina and Kuç (Kurvelesh). He died in Shkodra, on 6 March 1966.