Beqir Balluku was born in Tirana, in a working-class family, participant of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War and leader of the formations of the Albanian National Liberation Army, colonel general, chief of the General Staff of the Army, Minister of Defense, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, member of the Central Committee and Political Bureau of the Party of Labor of Albania. He completed the primary education and a few years in technical school. After the occupation, he threw himself into anti-fascist activity. Commander of the guerrilla units of Tirana, commander of the Kruj\u00eb-Ish\u00ebm detachment and commander of the battalion with the same name. With the formation of the III Assault Brigade, was appointed its commissar for a short time, then commander of the II Assault Brigade. In the battles for the liberation of Kor\u00e7a , he was appointed commander of the Operational Headquarters of the II and IX Brigades and deputy commander of the I Assault Corps, then commissar of the III Corps. After the liberation, he was appointed commissar of the Army Rear Command and commander of the Kor\u00e7a Division. Minister of Defense (1953\u20131974); deputy of the People’s Assembly in all legislatures. He worked for the organization, modernization and training of the Albanian Army. He received high decorations for this activity. In the framework of the repressions undertaken in the army, in 1974 he was accused of being the main responsible for the so-called “military coup”. He was arrested, sentenced to death and shot in November 1975. (In the photo: Beqir Balluku)<\/i><\/p>\n
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