Josif Pashko | |
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| Born | 25 May 1918 Vodicë, Korçë, Albania |
| Died | 5 September 1963 (aged 45) Tirana, Albania |
| Political party | Party of Labour of Albania |
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Josif Pashko (May 25, 1918 - September 5, 1963) was an Albanian politician during the country's socialist period.
Josif Pashko was born into a peasant family in the village of Vodica, Kolonja. In 1938 he graduated from the Normal School at Elbasan and served as an elementary school teacher in that town from 1939 to 1942. Together with his father Pashko Vodica he joined the communist-led resistance to Italian occupation in 1942, becoming a political commissar of various brigades.
After the war he was involved in the armed forces, security and judicial organs. From 1950 onwards he was a deputy in the People's Assembly. From 1954 until his death he was a government minister in charge of construction.
During the war he joined the Communist Party of Albania (Party of Labour of Albania after 1948) and became a member of its Central Committee in 1952.
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