New Albanian Director of National Intelligence Service, Vashon Lika, is the most trusted of former chief shik, Bashkim Gazidede
Former lecturer at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, he went into the top shik after his appointment to the Bashkim Gazidede.
For five years he headed the Department of Foreign Counterintelligence, or otherwise known as the directory that was located on the fourth floor of the Foreign Ministry.
He was the compiler of the theses of the Greek plan for partition of the south with the CIA involvement in the battle against Berisha in the years 1996 to 1997.
After fleeing Bashkim Gazidede in April 1997, Vashon Lika headed de facto to his surrender to Arben Karkini successor.
After this he was employed as an officer in the external PM Berisha at the back the offices of the DP and after a few months left as political immigrants in Canada.
He returned to Albania in 2005 and was hired as an adviser to the prime minister and most recently as Deputy Minister of Innovation and Information Technology, headed by Genc Pollo.
His appointment at the head of SIS, without consultation of the American Embassy, may cause a new rift in relations with U.S. Berisha more at the top of the bottle is placed man who declared war in 1996.
Tema Online:http://www.gazetatema.net/web/2012/08/09/drejtori-i-ri-i-shish-njeriu-me-i-besuar-i-gazidedes/
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Albania Replaces Secret Service Chief
By: Balkan Insight August 9, 2012The Albania president has fired the head of the State Security Agency, SHISH, replacing him with the Deputy Minister of Innovation, Visho Ajazi Lika.
Bahri Shaqiri was nominated as the head of the Albanian State Intelligence Service, SHISH, in January 2005 and was widely respected for his professionalism, particularly for ensuring that key security institutions did not fall under political influence.
Due to his fierce independence, however, he also gained enemies. The government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha repeatedly cut the agency’s funding since assuming power.
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According to Albanian law, the head of SHISH can only be replaced at a proposal by the prime minister, which has to be approved by the president.
In 2010, Berisha tried to fire Shaqiri by amending the Secret Service Law, but faced opposition by NATO and the United States, Albania’s key ally.
After the January 2011 riots, relations between Shaqiri and the government hit rock bottom when he was accused of orchestrating a coup d’état with President Bamir Topi, the General Prosecutor and the opposition.
The government has yet to produce any evidence for the accusations.
Shakiri’s successor, Ajazi Lika, is a mathematician with a PHD from the University of Tirana and he served as diplomat in the Democratic Party run government from 1993-1997.
After 1997, he immigrated to Canada and return in 2005, initially as an adviser to Berisha, and later as deputy minister.
According to local media, he was close to Berisha’s former secret service chief, General Bashkim Gazidede, which headed the service from 1992 to 1997.
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