Halil Mëniku (died June 4, 1967) was an
Albanian politician and publisher. He served as
mayor of Tiranë from 1943 to 1944.
Life
He was born in
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...
,
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
. In 1935 he published the journal ''Jeta dhe Kultura'' ().
A member of
Balli Kombëtar's central committee, Mëniku had joined the anti-Italian military bands in 1942. In 1943 after Italy's capitulation and the German takeover he became vice-kommissar of Tiranë and acted as mayor of the city. At the same time, he also represented Balli Kombëtar along with
Skënder Muço,
Hysni Lepenica,
Mit’hat Frashëri and
Hasan Dosti in the
Mukje Assembly, which determined a short-lived national salvation government between the nationalist and communist factions.
After the communist victory, he fled to western Europe. Mëniku was the head of the
International Peasants' Union in Rome and a director of the press bureau of the
"Free Albania" National Committee. He died on June 4, 1967, in Paris and was buried at the cemetery of
Thiais.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meniku, Halil
20th-century mayors of places in Albania
Year of birth missing
1967 deaths
Mayors of Tirana
Albanian publishers (people)
Balli Kombëtar
Albanian anti-communists