{"id":7918,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/ibrahim-bicaku-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:56","slug":"ibrahim-bicaku-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/ibrahim-bicaku-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibrahim Bi\u00e7aku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW61457255 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">Ibrahim Bi<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"SQ-AL\" xml_lang=\"SQ-AL\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;bd54f520-442d-4cc7-bc94-ea8b9802aff8|15&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469777841,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,469777842,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,469777843,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,469777844,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,469769226,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">&ccedil;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">aku<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"> was born in Elbasan, political activist, son of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">Aqif<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"> Pasha Elbasan, prime minister during the German occupation, feudal lord. He attended high school and the Commercial Academy in Austria, where he graduated as an agronomist. After returning to his homeland, in the parliamentary elections of January 31, 1937, he was elected deputy of Elbasan. After the fascist invasion, he was appointed a member of the Constitutional Assembly. This Assembly was <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">convened<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">, on April 12, 1939, by Italian fascists and declared the overthrow of the monarchist regime of Ahmet Zog, as well as created a government with full powers. He was the owner of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">the store &#8220;Flora&#8221; in the center of Tirana, which served as an illegal base for communist groups and the Albanian Communist Party. After the capitulation of fascist Italy and the entry of German troops into Albania (September 1943), he was appointed <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">chairman<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"> of the Provisional Executive Committee. He <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">represented<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"> Elbasan in the National Assembly (1943). He was appointed prime minister and simultaneously minister of foreign affairs and minister of internal affairs (1944). He was arrested on December 6, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">1944,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"> and convicted as a collaborator. After his release, on May 5, 1962, he spent the last years of his life in Elbasan. He passed away in 1977. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">(In the photo: Ibrahim Bi<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"SQ-AL\" xml_lang=\"SQ-AL\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">&ccedil;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">aku<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW61457255 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"><strong>Text<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">Albanian encyclopedic dictionary &#8211; Vol. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">1,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"> Academy of Sciences of Albania, &#8220;Kristalina-KH&#8221;, Tirana, 2008, page 244.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW61457255 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"><strong>Photo<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">&copy; <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW61457255 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibrahim_Bi%C3%A7ak%C3%A7iu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibrahim_Bi%C3%A7<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">k%C3%A7iu<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW61457255 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\"><strong>Graphic processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61457255 BCX0\">AHCF<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW61457255 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ibrahim Bi\u00e7aku was born in Elbasan. He was a political activist, the son of Aqif Pasha Elbasani, and served as Prime Minister during the German occupation. He was also a landowner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ditelindje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11578,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7918\/revisions\/11578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}