Veli Deva Explained

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

He 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Çka kërkonte Drazha Markoviqi në zyrën e Veli Devës në Trepçë? . What was Drada Marković looking for in Veli Deva's office in Trepça? . Albanian . . 1 January 2021 . 7 May 2023 . 7 May 2023 . Xharra, Fahri . https://archive.today/20230507092802/https://tehnika.lzmk.hr/abduli-ramiz/ .
2. News: Vdiq Veli Deva . September 12, 2020 . Koha . November 25, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200122215623/https://archive.koha.net/?id=27&l=85993 . January 22, 2020.
3. Book: Surroi . Veton . Këmbët e gjarprit : [shënime heretike] (Translated in English as The Snake's Feet by Lura Limani in 2016, 9789951685313) . 2014 . Koha . Pristina . 9789951685016 . Veton Surroi .