Ali Šukrija | |
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| President of thePresidency of theLCY Central Committee | |
| In office 26 June 1984 – 25 June 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Dragoslav Marković |
| Succeeded by | Vidoje Žarković |
| 2ndPresident of the Presidency of SAP Kosovo | |
| In office August 1981 – 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Xhavid Nimani |
| Succeeded by | Kolë Shiroka |
| 2ndPresident of the Executive Council of SAP Kosovo | |
| In office June 1963 – May 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Fadil Hoxha |
| Succeeded by | Ilija Vakić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1919-09-12)12 September 1919 |
| Died | 6 January 2005(2005-01-06) (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Political party | League of Communists of Kosovo |
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Ali Šukrija (Albanian:Ali Shukriu; 12 September 1919 – 6 January 2005) was a political figure ofKosovo, during its period as anautonomous province of Yugoslavia. He served as the 2ndChairmen of the Executive Council of SAP Kosovo from 1963 until May 1967, 2ndPresident of the Presidency of SAP Kosovo from August 1981 to 1982 and lastly as the 7thPresident of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from 26 June 1984 until 25 June 1985.
Ali Šukrija was born inMitrovica, Kosovo and studied medicine at theUniversity of Belgrade before World War II. He joined the communist movement in 1939, was arrested in 1941, but was then able to join the partisans. After the war, he studied at the Đuro Đaković high political school ofBelgrade and was public prosecutor in Kosovo in 1945.[1]
Šukrija subsequently became Serbian minister of the interior and in 1950 was a member of the Serbian parliament. In his later political career, Šukrija was vice chairman of the executive council of Kosovo, and from 1963 to May 1967 succeeded Fadil Hoxha as chairman, becoming virtual prime minister of Kosovo. Following the purge of Xhavid Nimani in August 1981, he also served briefly, until 1982, as president of the presidium. Šukrija is remembered as a particularly pro-Yugoslav politician who served Belgrade loyally in the face of a rising Albanian nationalist movement.[1] In 1989 he resigned from Kosovo's political structures during theminers' strike.
Šukrija lived the rest of his life in retirement in Belgrade,[1] until his death in 2005.[2]
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| Preceded by | President of the Presidium of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia 26 June 1984 – 25 June 1985 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Presidency of SAP Kosovo August 1981 – 1982 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairmen of the Executive Council of SAP Kosovo June 1963 – May 1967 | Succeeded by |
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