Vangjel Çërrava (born 1941) is an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh). He was member of the

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, Deputy Chairman of the

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, and for a short time member of the Politburo of the Party.

Biography

Çërrava, who initially carried over functions in the economic sector, became in 1978 a representative in the People's Assembly (Alb: ''Kuvendi Popullor''). He remained on this function during the ninth to the eleventh

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s which ended in 1991 with the

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. In October 1982, he became a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party. In this position, he took part in 1985 at the state funeral of

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. In addition, during the 9th Congress of the Party in November 1986, he was elected candidate-member of the

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. Çërrava became member in July 1990. He held this position until the dissolution of the PPSh and the establishment of the Albanian Socialist Party (Alb: ''Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë'') in June 1991. Between 20 February 1987 to 2 February 1989, he was also Deputy Chairman of the

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in the Government of

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. In 1993, a special court was established in

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against Çërrava and nine other former high-ranking officials ( Muho Asllani, Besnik Bekteshi,

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, Qirjako Mihali,

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, and Prokop Murra). They were accused of "abuse of public funds". The following sentences were given: Mihali and Gegprifti eight years each, Miska and Çuko seven years each, Çami, Çeliku and Bekteshi six years each, and Çërrava, Murra and Asllani five years each. All were released shortly-after the turmoils of 1997.

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