Safet Butka
| Safet Butka | |
|---|---|
| One of the founders of Balli Kombëtar | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 10, 1901 Butkë, Kolonjë District, Albania (then Ottoman Empire) |
| Died | September 19, 1943 (aged 42) Melçan, Kolonjë District, Albania |
| Nationality |
 Albanian
|
| Political party | Balli Kombëtar |
| Relations |
Sali Butka(Father) Qemal Butka(Cousin) |
| Occupation | Teacher, Politician, Freedom Fighter |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | August, 1942 September, 1943 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Unit | Korçë division |
Safet Butka (1901—1943) was an Albanian professor, politician and nationalist. Son of famous patriot Sali Butka, he organized the student demonstrations in April 1939 during the Italian invasion and was interned in Ventotene. Upon his return he organized antifascist movements in his native region and was one of the founders of the nationalist organization Balli Kombëtar. Distressed by internal civil war in Albania, he killed himself in 1943.
Safet Butka was born in Butkë, Kolonjë District, southern Albania on August 10, 1901. He was the fifth child of Sali Butka, a 19th-century nationalist figure, kachak, poet, and one of the delegates of the city of Korçë to the Albanian National Congress of Lushnjë. After he finished the elementary school in his native village, he went for further studies in Linz, Austria, where he finished high school. During his stay in Linz he took under his wing his younger cousin, Qemal Butka, a famous Albanian architect who would later become the mayor of Tirana. After high school, Safet Butka went on to study in the University of Graz where he graduated with honors in Philosophy in 1928.
During his stay in Austria, he was the organizer of the student association Albania. He also published a collection of selected Naim Frashëri poetry and in 1925 a study on Naim Frashëri's work. He returned to Albania in 1928 and was appointed professor in the French Lycee of Korçë. In 1929 he married Hatixhe Lubonja, with whom he had 4 children, Sali, Iljaz, Uran and Tefta Butka.
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