Vojo Kushi[a] (Albanian pronunciation: ['vɔjɔ 'kuʃi]; Serbian Cyrillic: Војо Кушић, August 3, 1918 – October 10, 1942) was an Albanian and Yugoslav communist guerrilla fighter (partisan) and one of the founders of the Communist group based in Shkodër, following the Italian occupation of Albania in April 1939.
[1] Following the Italian occupation of Albania in April 1939, the first communist revolutionary organization was established in Shkodër (Shkodër group), which included minority members brothers Vaso and Branko Kadija, Vojo Kushi, Jordan Misja, Ivo Jovanov, Vojin Dragović, Petar Bulatović and Vasil Shanto.
Enver Hoxha was appointed the Party leader in order to include the majority Muslim population.
[6] In Tirana, Qemal Stafa,[6] and later Kushi, Sadik Stavileci and Xoxi Martini were surrounded and killed by carabinieri on 10 October 1942.
Later Hoxha imprisoned Vojo's brother Marko and his family in southern Albania as part of his party purges.