Veli Deva (October 18, 1924, Gjakova – November 25, 2015, Pristina) was a senior communist leader in Kosovo under the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1]
Biography
editHe attended primary school in Albania, then went on to study political science in Belgrade and economics in Skopje. He achieved greater autonomy for the province of Kosovo in 1974 and directed its main economic engine, the Trepča Mines. However, in the wake of the 1981 protests in Kosovo, he was deemed disloyal and dismissed from his position as Provincial Committee Chair before being arrested.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Xharra, Fahri (January 1, 2021). "Çka kërkonte Drazha Markoviqi në zyrën e Veli Devës në Trepçë?" [What was Drada Marković looking for in Veli Deva's office in Trepça?]. Bota Sot (in Albanian). Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Vdiq Veli Deva". Koha. November 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Surroi, Veton (2014). Këmbët e gjarprit : [shënime heretike] (Translated in English as The Snake's Feet by Lura Limani in 2016, 9789951685313). Pristina: Koha. ISBN 9789951685016.
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