Kiço Ngjela (25 December 1917 – 16 June 2002) was an

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n politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh). Ngjela was born in Sheper (

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region) of the

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in Albania. In 1945 he became a member of the Constituent Assembly (Alb: ''Asambleja Kushtetuese'') which declared Albania as a Republic. After 1950, he was a member of the People's Assembly (Alb: ''Kuvendi Popullor''), representing the Tirana District until 10 October 1975. Later, he was temporarily deputy chairman of the State Planning Commission. On 6 February 1948, Ngjela succeeded Ramadan Çitaku as Minister of Finances in the government of Prime Minister

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. However, on 28 November 1948 he was succeeded in that position by

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. Ngjela succeeded

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as Minister of Trade at a later date. In addition, he was a member of the Central Committee (CC) of the Party from 1956. Prime Minister

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called him on 1 January 1966 to join his cabinet as the Minister of Foreign Trade, a post he held until 1 September 1975. He would be part of the delegations to the

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. In September 1975, along with other leading economic politicians as the members of the

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as Këllezi and

Koço Theodhosi Koço Theodhosi (21 May 1913 in Korçë – 31 May 1977) was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh). Biography Theodhosi finished the French Lyceum of Korça, and later studied chemistry at the University of Lyon, a ...

, he was released from his duties and accused of anti-party activity, for having pushed unnecessary trade deals with " revisionist countries" and sabotaging "self-reliance", and of being an agent of

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, and

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.Hasan Banja, V. Toçi - Socialist Albania on the Road to Industrialization, 1979, p.45
/ref> His son Spartak Ngjela (born 1948) was also arrested and imprisoned during 1975-1991 as a political enemy. After the collapse of communism he became a politician, was also a member of the Albanian Parliament, and in 1997 became Minister of Justice.Robert Elsie - Historical Dictionary of Albania, Second Edition, p.327
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