Tuk Jakova

Tuk Jakova (20 February 1914 – 26 August 1959) was an Albanian politician in the People's Republic of Albania. He served as Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, Minister of Finance, Minister of Interior, and twice as Vice-Prime Minister.

Political career In November 1941, Jakova attended the first and founding conference of the Party of Labor of Albania as a representative of the Shkodër group of Communists. Other members of the Shkodër group were Qemal Stafa and Liri Gega. By 1 June 1948, Jakova was serving as Minister of Industry.

In the government reshuffle on 4 July 1950, Jakova was appointed Minister of the Interior and Vice-Prime Minister. Hysni Kapo, Spiro Koleka, and Spiro Pano also served as Vice-Prime Minister. During this meeting, Jakova was appointed the Minister of Finance.

He was President of the Soviet–Albanian Friendship Society until 1951 and President of the General Council of the Syndicate Union of Albania from 1945 to 1947.

Opposition to Enver Hoxha In the mid-1950s, Jakova began to position himself in opposition to Enver Hoxha, then the Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. On 4 April 1955, during a private meeting in Rome, Jakova and Bedri Spahiu attacked Enver Hoxha's harsh rule over Albania. On 17 June 1955, during the Fourteenth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Albanian Communist Party, Jakova and Bedri Spahiu publicly voiced strong opposition to Enver Hoxha, creating a fight within the Party. Hoxha replied by accusing Jakova of being connected to the Roman Catholic church.