Sherif Voca
Sherif Voca (1893 – 14 April 1941) was an Albanian politician from Kosovo. He is well-known for condemning the mass displacement of Albanians in Turkey#History, Albanians to Turkey. Biography Sherif Voca was born in Melenicë in the region of Shala e Bajgorës, Shala. In 1912, together with his father, he participated in the Assembly of Kurillove, where a pact was signed between the regions of Shala and Llapi to organize the war against the Ottomans. He opposed the Serbian occupation of Kosovo in 1912. During the Austro-Hungarian rule (1916–1918), he was committed to opening schools in Mitrovica and the surrounding area and organizing local government. After the reconquest of Kosovo and the establishment of the Serbo-Croatian Slovene Kingdom, in the 1922 elections he was elected mayor of Bare, Mitrovica, Bare. He held the post for 12 years. In the 1935 elections he was elected among the eight Albanian deputies in the Assembly of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Parliament. His speech in th ...
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