Shefqet bej Dajiu was one of the signatories of the

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in 1912. He was the second secretary of the Congress of Vlora, when independence was declared. He was later named as prefect of

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, a post he held until the

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. During the next years he did not take part in politics, and was shown again during

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, this time as a collaborator of the

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. He was killed in 1946, by the communist regime, for his collaborative activity.

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"History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dajiu, Shefqet Executed Albanian collaborators with Nazi Germany 1946 deaths 19th-century births People from Elbasan Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence All-Albanian Congress delegates People from Manastir vilayet