Thoma Orologa

Thoma Orologa (1888 – 30 November 1947) was an Albanian jurist, politician and a leader of the anti-communist resistance in Albania during World War II.

[1] Born in 1888 in Korçë, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Albania) he studied law in Athens and Paris.

[2] After finishing his studies he returned to Korçë, where he worked as a lawyer and supported Kostaq Kota's efforts for independence of the area from French rule.

[1] In 1943, after he had been released by the Italians, he returned to Albania and joined the nationalist and anti-communist organization Balli Kombëtar[1] and was elected a member of its central committee.

After the consolidation of power by the Party of Labour of Albania, he was accused because of his collaboration with axis forces and executed in September 1947.