Izet Dibra (1878 – 1964) born Izet Shatku was an

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n politician and

mayor of Tirana The Mayor of Tirana () is the head of the General Assembly in Tirana, Albania. The mayor including with his cabinet, exercises the executive power of the city and is directly elected together with the ''City Council'', directly for 4-year term. ...

from 1927 to 1928. He also served as minister of public works in Pandeli Evangjeli's cabinet. His brother Faik had served as attorney general and minister of justice.

Life

Izet Dibra was born as Izet Shatku on May 19, 1878 in

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, back then

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, today's

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. His father Murat Ibrahim Shatku was a local merchant and financier. Shatku took his initial studies in his native town, and followed later in Monastir. Preceding the

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, his family moved to

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. There he completed studies in the

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for jurisprudence before returning to

in 1920. After certain lower positions in the judicial system, he was elected shortly sub-prefect of

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prefecture. With the new assembly constitution, he became assembly member representing the Dibër prefecture. Until 1930 he served in several prefectures. A pro- Zog politician, he was elected minister of public works in Pandeli Evangjeli's cabinet. 1n 1937 he was elected assembly member again. After

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, his properties and belongings would be confiscated and his family deported. He died in Shkodër in 11.02.1964.

References

Mayors of Tirana 1878 births 1964 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Albania Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire {{Albania-mayor-stub