Çeliku was born in Peshkopi, Diber District in the Albanian Republic on 4 May 1927.
[3] In 1966, he was Deputy Chairman of the People's Assembly (Alb: Kuvendi Popullor).
[6] Çeliku remained member of this supreme governing body until December 1990.
Between 1982 and 1991, he served again as representative during the tenth and eleventh legislature of the People's Assembly.
[7][8][9] In 1993, a special court rose in Tirana against Çeliku and nine other former high-ranking officials (Besnik Bekteshi, Foto Çami, Vangjel Çërrava, Muho Asllani, Lenka Çuko, Llambi Gegprifti, Qirjako Mihali, Pali Miska, and Prokop Murra).