Nexhat Agolli

Nexhat Agolli (Albanian: Nexhat Agolli; Serbo-Croatian: Неџат Аголи, Nedžat Agoli) (1914–1949) was a Yugoslav Albanian jurist and politician. He served as Deputy President of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) in 1944; and, after World War II, as Minister of Social Works of Macedonia. In 1949, he was arrested for opposing Josip Broz Tito's Informbiro policies, and died while imprisoned.

Nexhat Agolli
Born	9 June 1914 Debar, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	28 April 1949 Goli Otok, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	Communist Party of Yugoslavia

Monument dedicated to Nexhat Agolli in Skopje.

Life

Born in Debar, Kingdom of Serbia, Agolli studied in Krumë, Tirana and Rome, where he later worked as an assistant professor of law at the Sapienza University of Rome. In 1942 he joined the communist National Liberation Movement of Albania and served in Albanian and Bulgarian occupation zones of Yugoslavia (modern Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia and Macedonia). In December 1944 he was elected deputy president of ASNOM.[1] When the Communist Party of Yugoslavia was expelled from the Cominform in 1948, Agolli supported the pro-Soviet factions with the party. He was convicted and sent to the political prison at Goli Otok,[2] where he died on April 28, 1949.[3]

References

1. Bechev, Dimitar (2009). Historical dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia. Scarecrow Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-8108-5565-6. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
2. Македонска енциклопедија, том I. Скопје, Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, 2009. ISBN 978-608-203-023-4. с. 13.
3. Nebi Dervishi në 95 Vjetori i lindjes dhe 60 vjetori i vrasjes makabre të Dr. Nexhat Agollit Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine pranë amzës shqipmedia.com