{"id":7847,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/tuk-jakova\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","slug":"tuk-jakova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/tuk-jakova\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuk Jakova"},"content":{"rendered":"
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T<\/span>uk<\/span> Jakova, a People’s Hero and ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivis<\/span>t<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he communis<\/span>t<\/span> movemen<\/span>t<\/span>, passed away in <\/span>t<\/span>he prison hospi<\/span>t<\/span>al of <\/span>T<\/span>irana following <\/span>a surgical in<\/span>t<\/span>erven<\/span>t<\/span>ion. Born in Shkodër in 1914 <\/span>t<\/span>o a family originally from <\/span>Gjakova<\/span>, he was forced <\/span>t<\/span>o s<\/span>t<\/span>op his high school educa<\/span>t<\/span>ion due <\/span>t<\/span>o economic reasons and worked as a carpen<\/span>t<\/span>er. Jakova became a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he communis<\/span>t<\/span> group in Shkodra and was sen<\/span>t<\/span>en<\/span>ced <\/span>t<\/span>o imprisonmen<\/span>t<\/span> during <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>rial agains<\/span>t<\/span> communis<\/span>t<\/span>s in February 1939. Af<\/span>t<\/span>er escaping from prison following <\/span>t<\/span>he fascis<\/span>t<\/span> aggression on April 7, he wen<\/span>t<\/span> underground. He <\/span>par<\/span>t<\/span>icipa<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he founding mee<\/span>t<\/span>ing of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y, <\/span>represen<\/span>t<\/span>ing<\/span> t<\/span>he<\/span> Shkodra group, and was elec<\/span>t<\/span>ed a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he Provisional Cen<\/span>t<\/span>ral Commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ee. A<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Firs<\/span>t<\/span> Coun<\/span>t<\/span>ry Conference of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y in 1943, he was elec<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he Cen<\/span>t<\/span>ral Commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ee and appoin<\/span>t<\/span>ed poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical commissar of <\/span>t<\/span>he 1s<\/span>t<\/span> Assaul<\/span>t<\/span> Brigade and<\/span> la<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he 1s<\/span>t<\/span> Assaul<\/span>t<\/span> Division. A<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he 1s<\/span>t<\/span> Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> Congress in <\/span>Përme<\/span>t<\/span> in May 1944, he became a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> Council and achieved <\/span>t<\/span>he rank of “colonel.” In November 1944, he was appoin<\/span>t<\/span>ed commissar<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he III Assaul<\/span>t<\/span> Corps and served as <\/span>t<\/span>he Presiden<\/span>t<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>T<\/span>rade Unions of Workers and Clerks of Albania in Sep<\/span>t<\/span>ember 1945. Jakova led <\/span>t<\/span>he firs<\/span>t<\/span> Albanian delega<\/span>t<\/span>ion <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he Uni<\/span>t<\/span>ed Na<\/span>t<\/span>ions in June 1946 and was <\/span>subsequen<\/span>t<\/span>ly<\/span> appoin<\/span>t<\/span>ed ambassador of <\/span>t<\/span>he Peopl<\/span>e’s Republic of Albania <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1946 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1948. A<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Firs<\/span>t<\/span> Congress of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y in 1948, he was elec<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he Poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical Bureau and became secre<\/span>t<\/span>ary of <\/span>t<\/span>he Cen<\/span>t<\/span>ral Commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ee. He was promo<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o Major G<\/span>eneral in July 1949 and served as Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er of Finance and Depu<\/span>t<\/span>y Prime Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er from 1950 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1955. A Member of Parliamen<\/span>t<\/span> since 1945, he held <\/span>t<\/span>he posi<\/span>t<\/span>ions of <\/span>chairman<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he Cons<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>ional Assembly and <\/span>t<\/span>he People’s Assembly from 1946 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1950. However, due<\/span> t<\/span>o opposing views wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he leadership of <\/span>t<\/span>he Labor Par<\/span>t<\/span>y of Albania, he was expelled from <\/span>t<\/span>he Cen<\/span>t<\/span>ral Commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ee and <\/span>t<\/span>he par<\/span>t<\/span>y during <\/span>t<\/span>he Plenum on June 17, 1955, and dismissed from all s<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>e du<\/span>t<\/span>ies. Jakova was in<\/span>t<\/span>erned in Bera<\/span>t<\/span> in 1956 and arres<\/span>t<\/span>ed in 195<\/span>7, receiving a 20-year prison sen<\/span>t<\/span>ence. He died in <\/span>t<\/span>he prison hospi<\/span>t<\/span>al of <\/span>T<\/span>irana in 1959. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: <\/span>T<\/span>uk<\/span> <\/em>Jakova<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. 2<\/span><\/span>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>irana, 2008, page 1060.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/<\/span>\/sq.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/<\/span>T<\/span>uk<\/span>_Jakova<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tuk Jakova, an activist of the communist movement, one of the leaders of the National Anti-Fascist Liberation War, a high-ranking official of the Albanian Communist Party (Party of Labor of Albania), and a People’s Hero, passed away in the prison hospital in Tirana after undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11436,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7847\/revisions\/11436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}