 Dervish Bey Biçaku was one of the financers of the Normal School of Elbasan.In 1912, he was a delegate of Peqin in the Assembly of Vlore, which declared the independence of the four Albanian vilayets from the Ottoman Empire.He was elected from the future prime-minister Ismail Qemali as future Minister of Finances but unexpectedly he expressed disagreement with Qemali's line of government and jumped on Esat Pashë Toptani's side.