Halil Bej Mëniku (died June 4, 1967) was an

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politician and publisher. He served as mayor of Tiranë from 1943 to 1944.

Life

In 1935 he published the journal ''Jeta dhe Kultura'' ( en, Life and Culture). 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 Skënder Muço (1904–1944) was an Albanian lawyer and leader of Balli Kombëtar, one of the most important resistance organizations in Albania during World War II. Along with Musine Kokalari Muço founded the first social democratic party of Al ...

, Hysni Lepenica, Mit’hat Frashëri and

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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

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in Rome and a director of the press bureau of the

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. He died on June 4, 1967 in Paris and was buried at the cemetery of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meniku, Halil Year of birth missing 1967 deaths Mayors of Tirana Albanian publishers (people) Balli Kombëtar Albanian anti-communists