Salih Gjuka

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Salih Gjuka (1876-1925) was an Albanian teacher and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. The first teacher of Albanian in the Ottoman gymnasium of Uskub, in 1912 he became one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence and member of the assembly of the Independent Albania as representative of Pejë. [1] [2] During its session held on 4 December 1912 the Assembly of Vlorë elected Gjuka to be a member of the Senate of Albania. [3] In 1913 he served as the head of the education department of the district of Berat, where he died in 1925.

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References

  1. "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. ISBN   99927-1-623-1
  2. Nosi, Lef. "Dokumenta historike për t'i shërbye historiës tone kombëtare". Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. Schmidt-Neke, Michael (1987). Enstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien, 1912-1939. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 321. ISBN   978-3-486-54321-6 . Retrieved 5 February 2012. Senat (Pleqësi) von 1912...