Salih Gjuka (1876-1925) was an
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teacher and activist of the
Albanian National Awakening
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. The first teacher of
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in the Ottoman gymnasium of
Uskub
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, in 1912 he became one of the signatories of the
Albanian Declaration of Independence
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and member of the
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of the
Independent Albania
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as representative of
Pejë
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. During its session held on 4 December 1912 the
Assembly of Vlorë
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Background
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elected Gjuka to be a member of the
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.
In 1913 he served as the head of the education department of the district of
Berat
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, where he died in 1925.
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19th-century Albanian educators
20th-century Albanian educators
Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
Politicians from Peja
People from Kosovo vilayet
1876 births
1925 deaths
Activists of the Albanian National Awakening
People from Berat
All-Albanian Congress delegates
Tuberculosis deaths in Albania
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