Maliq Bushati

Maliq Bushati
Maliq Bushati
18th Prime Minister of Albania
	In office; 13 February 1943 – 12 May 1943
Monarch	Victor Emmanuel III
Preceded by	Ekrem Libohova
Succeeded by	Ekrem Libohova
Interior secretary minister of Albania
	In office; 12 April 1939 – 3 December 1941
Preceded by	Zef Kadarja
Succeeded by	Mustafa Kruja
Personal details
Born	8 February 1890; Shkodër, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	20 February 1946 (aged 56); Albania
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Political party	Albanian Fascist Party
Profession	Prime Minister
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Maliq Bushati (8 February 1890 – 20 February 1946) was an Albanian politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Albania from February 1943 to May 1943 as an Axis collaborator. Following the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939, Bushati served as Interior Minister from 1939 to 1941 under the government of Shefqt Vërlaci. Along with two other Axis collaborators Lef Nosi and father Anton Harapi, he was sentenced to death by communist Albania.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Maliq was born in Shkodër on 8 February 1890 to Hyssen Beg in the Alibegaj branch of the Bushati family.^[3] His father followed military education at the local school and in Istanbul afterwards. He served with the rank of binbashi in Vilayet of Salonica during the first years of the 20th century, only to die suddenly at a young age in 1903.^[4]

References

^ Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). Albania at war, 1939–1945. Purdue University Press. p. 141. ISBN 9781557531414.
^ Elsie, Robert (2012). "Bushati, Maliq Bey". A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 60.
^ Fjalor enciklopedik i viktimave të terrorit komunist (A-Ç) (PDF). Tirana: Instituti i Studimit të Krimeve dhe Pasojave të Komunizmit (ISKK). 2012. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-9928-168-01-6.
^ Bushati, Hamdi (2003). Bushatllinjtë (in Albanian). Shkodër: Idromeno. pp. 369–378. ISBN 9789992784129.

Political offices
Preceded by Eqrem Bej Libohova	Prime Minister of Albania 1943	Succeeded by Eqrem Bej Libohova

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[1] Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). Albania at war, 1939–1945. Purdue University Press. p. 141. ISBN 9781557531414.

[2] Elsie, Robert (2012). "Bushati, Maliq Bey". A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 60.

[3] Fjalor enciklopedik i viktimave të terrorit komunist (A-Ç) (PDF). Tirana: Instituti i Studimit të Krimeve dhe Pasojave të Komunizmit (ISKK). 2012. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-9928-168-01-6.

[:Hamdi-4] Bushati, Hamdi (2003). Bushatllinjtë (in Albanian). Shkodër: Idromeno. pp. 369–378. ISBN 9789992784129.

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