Javer Hurshiti was an

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n military and political figure.

Biography

Hurshiti was born in 1880 (or 1883) in

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, son of Maliq Pashë Libohova. His mother was probably a

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mistress. Hurshiti studied in

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and returned to Gjirokastër right before the turbulent times in the eve of

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. As an opponent of the

Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus ( el, Αὐτόνομος Δημοκρατία τῆς Βορείου Ἠπείρου, translit=Aftónomos Dimokratía tis Voreíou Ipeírou) was a short-lived, self-governing entity founded in the aft ...

he was imprisoned shortly in Corfu. The

Vlora War The Vlora War or the War of 1920 ( sq, Lufta e Vlorës or ''Lufta e Njëzetës''; it, Guerra di Valona) was a series of battles between Italian forces garrisoned throughout the Vlorë region of Albania (an Italian protectorate) and Albanian nati ...

would find him as commander of the volunteer troops from Gjirokastër when he showed his military skills. His political career before

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includes positions as Mayor of Gjirokastër in 1920, acting prefect in 1924, and member of the Albanian Parliament in 1925, during the last one he would be the initiator of bringing to Gjirokastër the remains of

Çerçiz Topulli Çerçiz Topulli (20 September 1880 – 17 July 1915) was an Albanian revolutionary and guerrilla fighter involved in the national movement operating in the mountainous areas of southern Albania. He was the younger brother of Bajo Topulli. He w ...

(1880-1915), a process of which the future communist leader Enver Hoxha would attribute to himself all credits. Under the Italian occupation he was elected member of the State Council, and after Minister of Popular Culture in the short-lived government of Maliq Bushati from 12 February to 28 April 1943. In August 1943 he was Inspector General in the Prime Minister's office. His last assignment would be as prefect of Shkodër from January 1944.Pepa, Pjetër, ''The criminal file of Albania's communist dictator'' (2003), Uegen, p.23
He was arrested and sent to the communist Special Court in 1945, which sentenced him to death as " collaborationist" and "

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" like many other politicians of the pre-communist era.

References

Albanian military personnel People from Gjirokastër Mayors of Gjirokastër 1880s births People from the Ottoman Empire of Abkhazian descent Albanian people executed by the communist regime {{Albania-politician-stub