Ymer Dishnica (21 February 1912 – 22 September 1998) was an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n politician and physician. He served as

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from 1944 to 1946 and as Chairman of the

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from 1946 to 1947.
- Republika e Shqipërisë KUVEND. Tiranë 2005 Ymer Dishnica was born in 1912 in Dishnicë village, 4 km away from

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. He took his elementary studies in Korçë, and after attended the

Albanian National Lyceum The Albanian National Lyceum ( sq, Liceu Kombëtar i Korçës or Liceu Francez) was a high school in the city of Korçë, Albania, fully financed by the Albanian government, but that emphasized the French culture and the European values. The schoo ...

which he finished in 1932. In 1932–1941 he studied medicine in

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, respectively in the

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and after that the

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. Dishnica was active during

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, by joining the National Liberation Movement forces. He was the head of the NLM delegation in the Conference of Mukje, negotiating an unified front with

Balli Kombëtar The Balli Kombëtar (literally ''National Front''), known as Balli, was an Albanian nationalist, collaborationist and anti-communist resistance movement during the Second World War. It was led by Ali Këlcyra and by Midhat Frashëri. The move ...

, for which he would be criticized by Enver Hoxha. He was later expelled from the

Party of Labour of Albania The Party of Labour of Albania ( sq, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh), sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded o ...

and served as a doctor in a hospital in

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