Stefanaq Pollo

In the years of 1951–1957, he continued his post as vice-president of the Institute of Sciences. With the establishment of the University of Tirana in 1957, he was appointed the first Dean of the faculty of history and philosophy. From 1972 to 1989 he was director of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. He was also the coauthor of the standard History e Popullit Shqiptar (History of the Albanian people, Tirana, 1966–1967) and Historia e Shqiperisë (History of Albania, Tirana, 1983–1984). He was responsible for the French-language Histoire de l'Albanie des origines a nom jours (Roanne, 1974), translated as "History of Albania from its Origins to Present day" (London, 1981).

When the invasion by Fascist Italy began on April 7, 1939, he was forced to interrupt his studies. This motivated him to emerge in the first anti-fascist protests in Korça and later in the National Liberation Antifascist Movement. Through the battles of war against the fascists, he directed the newspaper "Kushtrimi i Lirisë" (War cry of Freedom) and "Zëri i Rinisë" (The voice of the young). He also studied history in the Soviet Union. After World War II, he became the editor in chief of the Bashkimi (The Union). After the liberation, he withdrew from politics and continued with his scientific endeavours and studied history in Lomonosov University in the years of 1945, graduating with high results. He began teaching at the Institute of Tirana in 1950–1951.

Stefanaq Pollo (March 7, 1924 – May 15, 1997) was an Albanian academic, professor and historian during Communist Albania.