Ismail Boçari (1917 – 11 May 2014) was an

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professor of medicine. During

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he took part in the Albanian National Liberation Front. He has received several awards for his activities. Ismail Boçari was born in 1917 in

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, southwestern

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. He has studied medicine in the

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and the

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. During the Albanian resistance of World War II he escaped from execution from Italian and German troops three times in 1942, 1943 and 1944. In 1993 he received the Castriota Scanderbeg award for his activities during World War II. In 1999 he was decorated with the medal National Cavalier of Italy by

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at a ceremony that took place in

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1917 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Albanian physicians University of Bologna alumni Sofia University alumni People from Vlorë Albanian expatriates in Italy Albanian expatriates in Bulgaria {{Albania-bio-stub