Haxhi Lleshi, chairman of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly in the years 1953-1982, participant of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, Hero of the People, passed away in Tirana. He was born in Reshan of Dibra, in 1913. He opposed the fascist occupation and joined the war for the liberation of the homeland; at first commander of the Dibra partisan detachment (1942), then of the Dibra Battalion (1943). He played an important role in the unification of the people of the province around the National Liberation Front, in its mobilization in the war, in the expansion of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War in the Dibra e Madhe and in some other provinces of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). He participated in the First National Liberation Conference (1942). Member of the Albanian Communist Party in 1943, member of the General Staff of the National Liberation Army since its formation (1943), member of the General Anti-Fascist National Liberation Council at the II NL Conference of Labinot (1943), member of the National Anti-Fascist Council and the Committee National Liberation Anti-Fascist at the Congress of Përmet (1944). After the liberation, he helped in the construction and operation of the structures of the Albanian state, being Minister of Internal Affairs (1944-1946), Minister without portfolio (1946-1948), chairman of the control commission of the Party of Labor of Albania (1948- 1949). Member of the Central Committee since the IV Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania (1956). Member of the People’s Assembly in all legislatures. Haxhi Lleshi was imprisoned on 24.05.1996 – 25.07.1996. (In the photo: Haxhi Lleshi)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 2 , Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 1588.
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