Spiro Jorgo Koleka


Spiro Jorgo Koleka was an Albanian politician active in the 1920s.

Life

He was born in the village of Vuno, near Himara.
He was one of the leaders of the Albanian exiles in Greece that planned to invade southern Albania, at the time being under Greek control, while the other leaders, Sotir Petzigat Brindisi and Mustafa Kruja were at Vienna.
Later Koleka was an important representative at the Congress of Lushnjë and was responsible for implementing many of its decisions. Koleka also played a key role as an organiser in the Vlora War against the Italians. He was the Albanian government representative regarding the Himara question in 1921. He served as Minister of Public Works in 1922 and 1924, respectively in the cabinets of Ahmet Zogolli and Shefqet Vërlaci.

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