{"id":8022,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/petro-poga\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:53:05","slug":"petro-poga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/petro-poga\/","title":{"rendered":"Petro Poga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW33028771 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">In Erind of&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Gjirokastra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">, Petro <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Poga<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">, activist of the National Movement, minister, deputy, passed away. He was born in Erind of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Lunxh<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">&euml;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">ria<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> (Gjirokast&euml;r), in 1850. He attended the &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Zosimea<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">&#8221; <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">high school<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> in Ioannina and higher studies in law at the University of Istanbul. He worked in Istanbul, where he became one of the founders of the newspaper &#8220;Drita&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> (&ldquo;Light&rdquo;)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> (1883). In 1906 he returned to Gjirokast&euml;r and helped to open and run the political-social club &#8220;Drita&#8221; (1908). He represented <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Gjirokastra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> in the Assembly of Vlora that proclaimed the Independence of Albania (November 28, 1912) and was appointed Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government of Vlora, as well as President of the Supreme Court (1913&ndash;1914). He represented <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Gjirokastra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> in the Congress of Durr<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">&euml;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">s (1918) and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">participated<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> in the Government of Durr<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">&euml;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">s as Minister of Justice (1918&ndash;1920). Deputy of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Gjirokastra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> in the National Council (1923&ndash;1925) and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">chairman<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> of that assembly (April 17 &ndash; June 2, 1924); deputy in all legislatures of the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic and the Kingdom of Albania (1925&ndash;1939). Minister of Justice from February 1 &#8211; September 23, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">1925<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> and from February 12 &#8211; October 20, 1927. He provided special <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">assistance<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> in the drafting of Albanian legislation and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Albania (1928). With the fascist occupation of Albania, he withdrew from political life and returned to his native village, where he had a rich library with about 24,000 books. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">(In the photo: Petro <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Poga<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW33028771 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"><strong>Text<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">Albanian encyclopedic dictionary &#8211; Vol. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">3 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"> Academy of Sciences of Albania, &#8220;Kristalina-KH&#8221;, Tirana, 2009, page 2052.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW33028771 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"><strong>Photo<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">&copy; <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW33028771 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petro_Poga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petro<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">_<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Poga<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW33028771 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\"><strong>Graphic processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33028771 BCX0\">AHCF<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW33028771 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Erind, Gjirokast\u00ebr, Petro Poga, an activist of the National Movement, minister, and deputy, passed away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8022","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\/8022","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=8022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11785,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8022\/revisions\/11785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}