Ibrahim Biçaku, political activist, son of Aqif Pashë Elbasani, prime minister during the German occupation, feudal lord, passed away in Elbasan. He was born in Elbasan. He completed high school and the Commercial Academy in Austria, where he graduated as an agronomist. After returning to his homeland, in the parliamentary elections of January 31, 1937, he was elected deputy of Elbasan. After the fascist invasion, he was appointed a member of the Constitutional Assembly. This Assembly was convened on April 12, 1939, by the Italian fascists, declared the overthrow of the monarchist regime of Ahmet Zogu and created a government with full powers. He was the owner of the store “Flora” in the center of Tirana, which served as an illegal base for communist groups and the Albanian Communist Party. After the capitulation of fascist Italy and the entry of German troops into Albania (September 1943), he was appointed chairman of the Provisional Executive Committee. He represented Elbasan in the National Assembly (1943). He was appointed prime minister and simultaneously minister of foreign affairs and minister of internal affairs (1944). He was arrested on December 6, 1944 and convicted as a collaborator. After his release, on May 5, 1962, he spent the last years of his life in Elbasan. (In the photo: Ibrahim Biçaku)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 1, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 244.
Photo: © National History Museum
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