Pertef Pogoni, a prominent figure in Albanian education, was born in the village of Voshtime. He completed primary school in his hometown, while secondary school in Zosimea in Ioannina (Greece) and Mülkiye in Istanbul (Turkey). In the years 1918-1920, he took the position of inspector of education near the prefecture of Gjirokastra. At a relatively young age, 30 years old, he was appointed General Secretary in the Ministry of Education. On March 30, 1926, the French Higher Institution, the president of the French Republic, awarded Pertef Pogoni the Order of the “Legion of Honor”. On January 31, 1927, the President of the Republic, Ahmet Zogu, awarded Pertef Pogoni the “Commander of the Order of Skanderbeg” decoration. In 1929, he left the Ministry of Education and was appointed director of studies at the royal military school in Tirana. In 1933-1934, he was appointed director of the Korça National High School. After 1934, Pogoni took the post of general secretary in the Ministry of Education. During the war years, the house of the Pogons became a nest of the capital’s resistance. (In the photo: “Commander of the Order of Skanderbeg” decoration.)
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