Background
Peristeri was born in Korçë, at that time still part of the Ottoman Empire.
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Pilo Peristeri
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Career
Initially he worked as a tinsmith, and later as professional soccer player. He was involved with the Communist Group of Korçë, one of the earliest in Albania. After the founding of the People"s Republic of Albania on 11 January 1946, Peristeri was elected in the People"s Assembly (Alberta: Kuvendi Popullor) in 1950.
He retained this membership until the eleventh legislative period which would end in 1991.
He was a representative of the Pogradec District. In 1951 he became the successor of Gogo Nushi as Chairman of the General Council of Albanian Trade Unions (Alberta: Bashkimi Sindikal i Shqipërisë, BSSh).
He retained candidate membership within this highest body of the Party leadership until November 1981. Peristeri was re-confirmed at the 4th Congress of BSSH in February 1955 as the Chairman of the General Council of Trade Unions.
On June 22, 1958, he was succeeded by Gogo Nushi.
In addition, he was temporarily Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the People"s Assembly, and thus representative of President Haxhi Lleshi. He was disaffectedly called "Uncle Pilo" by the people. Peristeri was in charge of a tractor-production plant in Tirana.
Politics
He remained influential even after the fall of communism.
Membership
He was one of the founding members of the Albanian Communist Party in 1941, and took an active part in World World War II as a partisan of the National Liberation Movement (LANC). In addition, he was a member of the Central Committee (Central Committee) of the PPSh. At the 2nd Congress of the PPSh in April 1952, he became a candidate-member of the Political Bureau of the Party of Labour of Albania.
Nevertheless, Peristeri himself remained a member of the Secretariat of BSSh and was also elected chairman of the Party Control Commission of the PPSh.
On the 5th Congress of Trade Unions in April 1961, he succeeded as member of the Presidium of the General Council, but withdrew from the Secretariat. After retiring from the Political Bureau, he remained together with Spiro Koleka and Haki Toska as Member of the Central Committee of the Party.
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Political Party
Party of Labour