Petrit Dume
Major General Petrit Dume | |
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| Born | 20 May 1920 Starje,Principality of Albania |
| Died | 5 December 1975(aged 55) |
| Service/ | LANÇ Albanian People's Army |
| Years of service | 1942-75 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
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Petrit Dume(20 May 1920 – 5 December 1975) was anAlbaniangeneral and politician of theAlbanian Party of Labour(PPSh).
Life
[edit]Dume was born in 1920 inStarje,a village inKolonjë District.During theSecond World War(1942–44) he participated as a partisan of the communist and anti-fascistNational Liberation Movement.He was the last commander of the partisan battalion "Hakmarrja" (Revenge).
After the founding of thePeople's Republic of Albaniaon 11 January 1946, he joined theAlbanian People's Armyand increased his influence over time as commander of a brigade and then as division commander.
Between 1948 and 1974, he served as representative ofErsekëin theNational Assembly.At the same time he was a member of the Central Committee of the Party.[1]
Dume, who graduated from theGeneral Staff Academynamed after "MarshalKliment Voroshilov"inMoscow,was finally appointedChief of the General Staff of the Armed Forcesin 1953. Between 1957 and 1974, he was Major General and Deputy Minister of Defence. In this role, he participated in December 1973 as head of a military delegation on a visit to thePeople's Liberation Army.[2]
At the 4th Congress of the PPSh in February 1961, he became candidate-member of thePolitburo of the Party of Labour of Albania,and member of the Central Committee of Party. He carried on these duties until July 1974.
Petrit Dume was among the 154 persons to whom the title"Hero of the People"(Alb:Hero i Popullit) was awarded.[3]
Trial and execution
[edit]In July 1974, he was pinpointed as associate of Defense MinisterBeqir Ballukufor incitingrevisionist ideasand put on trial in amilitary courtfor an alleged attempt ofcoup d'etat,consequently accused of treason.
He wascondemned to deathsoon after and executed, together with Balluku and the head of the General Political Bureau of the Armed Forces,Hito Çako.He was immediately succeeded as Chief of General Staff by Sami Metollari, but in 1975 Veli Llakaj took over.[4][5][6]
On 18 July 2000, after thecollapse of communism in Albania,at the request of his family, his body was exhumed from a secret grave inHorë-VranishtinVlorë District,together with those of the other generals that shared his fate.
Legacy
[edit]Thefootball clubPartizani Tiranacarries the nickname "Futboll Club Gjeneral Petrit Dume" in his honor.[7]
References
[edit]- ^[1][permanent dead link]- Republika e Shqipërisë KUVEND. Tiranë 2005
- ^List Of The Member Of Leading Albanian PartyArchived2014-03-28 at theWayback Machine
- ^154 personat qe kane marre titullin "Hero i Popullit"(Zëri YT!, 18. März 2006)Archived2011-06-25 at theWayback Machine
- ^"General Veli Llakaj zu Kosova- Enver Hoxha und Mehmet Sehu".Kosova-aktuell.2010-03-17.Retrieved2012-10-04.
- ^Anita Niegelhell, Gabriele Ponisch:Wir sind immer im Feuer: Berichte ehemaliger politischer Gefangener im kommunistischen Albanien,S. 63, 2001,ISBN3205992903
- ^DER SCHWERE WIRTSCHAFTLICHE DRUCK DER CHINESEN HAT BEGONNEN, DOCH WIR WERDEN UNS NIEMALS BEUGEN(17. Juni 1975)
- ^Homepage of Partizani TiranëArchived2008-12-21 at theWayback Machine
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- Party of Labour of Albania politicians
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- 1975 deaths
- 20th-century Albanian politicians
- People from Kolonjë
- Albanian communists
- Communism in Albania
- 1920 births
- Albanian resistance members
- Albanian anti-fascists
- Executed politicians
- Executed Albanian people
- People executed by Albania by firing squad
- 20th-century Albanian military personnel
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni