{"id":7826,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/qazim-koculi-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","slug":"qazim-koculi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/qazim-koculi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Qazim Koculi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Qazim Koculi, a poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivis<\/span>t<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he Independence period, was born in <\/span>Kocul<\/span> of Vlora. He headed <\/span>t<\/span>he Navy Academy in Is<\/span>t<\/span>anbul, where he <\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ained<\/span> t<\/span>he <\/span>ran<\/span>k of “lieu<\/span>t<\/span>enan<\/span>t<\/span>.” <\/span>Koculi par<\/span>t<\/span>icipa<\/span>t<\/span>ed in <\/span>t<\/span>he Assembly of Vlora in 1912 and served in <\/span>t<\/span>he adminis<\/span>t<\/span>ra<\/span>t<\/span>ion of <\/span>t<\/span>he Provisional Governmen<\/span>t<\/span> of Vlora.<\/span> During World War I, he was engaged in na<\/span>t<\/span>ional ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivi<\/span>t<\/span>ies, which led <\/span>t<\/span>o his elec<\/span>t<\/span>ion as a delega<\/span>t<\/span>e from Vlora <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he Congress of <\/span>Lushnja<\/span> in 1920. In <\/span>t<\/span>he parliamen<\/span>t<\/span>ary elec<\/span>t<\/span>ions of 1921, he was elec<\/span>t<\/span>ed as a depu<\/span>t<\/span>y. He aligned himself wi<\/span>t<\/span>h poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical forces advoca<\/span>t<\/span>ing for <\/span>t<\/span>he democra<\/span>t<\/span>iza<\/span>t<\/span>ion of <\/span>t<\/span>he coun<\/span>t<\/span>ry’s governance and was appoin<\/span>t<\/span>ed Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er of Agricul<\/span>t<\/span>ure in <\/span>t<\/span>he democra<\/span>t<\/span>ic governmen<\/span>t<\/span> of Fan Noli in 1924. Af<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he suppression of <\/span>t<\/span>he June 1924 Democra<\/span>t<\/span>ic Revolu<\/span>t<\/span>ion, Koculi wen<\/span>t<\/span> in<\/span>t<\/span>o poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical exile. Following <\/span>t<\/span>he I<\/span>t<\/span>alian invasion of Albania in 1939, he re<\/span>t<\/span>urned <\/span>t<\/span>o his homeland, collabora<\/span>t<\/span>ed wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he I<\/span>t<\/span>alian invaders, and was appoin<\/span>t<\/span>ed a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he Supreme Council of S<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>e. A<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he end of 1942, he was <\/span>designa<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> as <\/span>t<\/span>he ex<\/span>t<\/span>raordinary commissar in Vlora by <\/span>t<\/span>he I<\/span>t<\/span>alian au<\/span>t<\/span>hori<\/span>t<\/span>ies. He was assassina<\/span>t<\/span>ed in Vlorë by <\/span>t<\/span>he I<\/span>t<\/span>alian invaders <\/span>as a consequence of<\/span> t<\/span>heir defea<\/span>t<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he ba<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>le of <\/span>Gjormi<\/span> in 1943. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/em>o: Qazim Koculi<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary <\/span>– Vol. <\/span>2 <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2008, page 1195.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qazim_Koculi<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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