Aristidh Ruci
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| Born | March 11, 1875 Sheper, Vilayet of Yannina, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Vlorë, Albania |
| Other names | Aristidh Rruci |
| Known for | Albanian Declaration of Independence Vlora War |
Aristidh Ruci (1875-1950[1]) was one of the signatories of Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912.[2] He campaigned for the spread of education in Southern Albania and was a founder of the nationalist Labëria Club.[3]
He was born in Sheper, Zagori region near Gjirokastër, .[4] Ruci was an active participant in the Battle of Vlora.[5]
Late in life, Ruci served as the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Vlorë and member of the newly created Board of the Bank of Albania.[6]
On December 28, 2009, Ruci and several other notable people from Vlorë were honoured at a ceremony at the Petro Marko theatre by the district of Vlorë.[7]
Aristidh Ruci died in 1950 in Vlorë in a communist prison. There was neither an obituary nor a funeral service in his honor.[8]
References
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- ↑ ".. sons of the province of Zagorisë..." - George S. Telo: Zagoriti mendjendritur the ungrudging Ilia Sheperi Dilo
- ↑ Muin Çami Memories and popular songs for the Liberating War of 1918-1920 (in Albanian: Kujtime dhe këngë popullore për luftën çlirimtare të viteve 1918-1920 Published "8 Nentori" 1970 page 165
- ↑ History of the Chamber of Commerce of Vlorë (in Albanian) retrieved in 2/3/2010 [1]
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Sources
"History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science.ISBN 99927-1-623-1
Further reading
- Articles with hCards
- 19th-century Albanian politicians
- 20th-century Albanian politicians
- Albanian politicians
- 1950 deaths
- 1875 births
- People from Libohovë
- Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
- Ottoman Albanians
- Eastern Orthodox Christians from Albania
- People from Janina Vilayet
- People from Vlorë
- Albanian people who died in prison custody
- Prisoners who died in Albanian detention
