Rauf Fico

Rauf Fico
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
April 19, 1929 – April 20, 1931
Minister of Internal Affairs (acting)
In office
December 12, 1921 – December 24, 1921
Personal details
Born(1881-03-13)March 13, 1881
Sanaa, Vilayet of Yemen, Ottoman Empire
DiedJanuary 23, 1944(1944-01-23) (aged 62)
Tirana, Albanian Kingdom
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Abdurrauf Fico (1881–1944), also known as Rauf Fitso Bey was an Albanian ambassador and politician.

Early life

Rauf Fico was born in Sanaa, to Tahmaz Fico of the Fico family of Gjirokastër and Hava Buzo from Berat. After finishing high school in Shkodra, he continued his studies in Vienna and later at the Mekteb-i Mülkiye.

Political career

In 1912, Fico joined Vlorë's government as a councillor in the Ministry of the Interior. In 1916, he served as vice-prefect of Tirana. During his tenure as vice-prefect, Fico, along with co-founders Zyber Hallulli, Mytesim Këlliçi, Luigj Shala, and Xhelal Toptani, co-founded Streha Vorfnore, the city's first public orphanage on November 28, 1917, the date of the fifth anniversary of the Albanian Declaration of Independence.[1] In 1918, he was one of the initiators of the Congress of Tirana—together with Abdi Toptani and Ismail Ndroqi—which along with the Congress of Durrës later that same year, established the continuity of the newly created Albanian state after World War I.[2] Fico then served as Minister of Interior Affairs in Pandeli Evangjeli's cabinet in 1921 and served two terms as deputy of Durrës.[3] His political career culminated in 1929 with a 19-month appointment as Foreign Minister of Albania—a post he was removed from in 1930 for his opposition to the Fascist Italian regime.

Ambassadorships

Fico first served as an ambassador to Turkey and Bulgaria in the late 1920s, before his time as Foreign Minister of Albania. He then served as ambassador to Yugoslavia (1933–36), Greece (1937) and Germany (1938-9), where Fico helped dozens of Jewish people escape the country on Albanian tourist visas.[4]

Internment and death

During the Italian invasion of Albania, Fico was arrested and interned in Italy. He died in Tirana on January 23, 1944, a few months after he returned from Italy following the country's capitulation.[5]

Orders, decorations, and honors

Throughout his political and diplomatic career Fico had been awarded various orders:[6]

References

  1. ^ Frashëri, Kristo (2004). Historia e Tiranës (in Albanian). Toena. p. 395. ISBN 9992718978.
  2. ^ Shyqyri Hysi (2007-12-27), Kongresi i Tiranes, fakte dhe dokumente te reja (in Albanian), Lajmi Shqip, retrieved 8 January 2014, Me 7 dhjetor te vitit 1918, atdhetaret tiranas hartuan thirrjen e pare per mbrojtjen e interesave kombetare te popullit shqiptar. Ne procesverbalin e kesaj mbledhjeje, qe u mbajt ne zyren e Reuf Ficos shkruhet: "Vendim i marrun per mbledhjen e kongresit ne Tirane. (origjinal i vetem). Ne mbledhjen qe u be ne mes t'one me 7-12-'18 ne Tirane u vendos qe te grishen (thirren) qarqet: Elbasan, Peqin, Kavaj, Durres, Kruje, Mat, Diber, per me ba nje bised permbi qetesine e bashkim te plote te ketyne viseve me 19-12-918 te enjten te behet mbledhja." Thirrja u hartua nga atdhetari Abdi Bej Toptani, i cili ishte organizatori dhe mbeshtetesi i kesaj veprimtarie. Ne nje takim te organizuar ne zyren e nenprefektit Reuf Fico me 7 dhjetor 1918, Sotir Peci, Abdyl Ypi, Ismail Ndroqi, Mytesim Kelliçi, Sinan Hoxha, Myslim Beshiri dhe nenprefekti(R.F), nenshkruan thirrjen apo nje dokument, siç e quan Ficoja, me te cilin ftoheshin te merrnin pjese ne kete mbledhje, nga dy perfaqesues te: Tiranes, Elbasanit, Gramshit, Peqinit, Durresit, Kavajes, Krujes, Matit dhe Dibres . Per kete vendim, nje njoftim te posaçem prej organizatoreve moren Hasan Prishtina, Aqif Pashe Elbasani dhe Ahmet Zogu, te cilit organizatoret i kerkuan te vinte me heret ne Tirane.
  3. ^ "Parliament, Legislature, Deputies" (PDF). Parliament of Albania. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ^ Özdalga, Elizabeth (2005). Late Ottoman society: the intellectual legacy. Routledge. p. 319. ISBN 0-415-34164-7.
  5. ^ "Streha e parë Vorfnore, Rauf Fico apo Zyber Hallulli?". Gazeta Shqip. 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ Skender Shkupi (2012-11-22), Rauf Fico, si u mohua kryediplomati që pajtoi Zogun me Ataturkun [Rauf Fico, how the chief-diplomat who brought together Zog and Atatürk got denied] (in Albanian), Bota Sot, retrieved 2013-12-29

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