Ilias Vrioni

Ilias Vrioni
6th Prime Minister of Albania
In office
19 November 1920 – 16 October 1921
Preceded bySulejman Delvina
Succeeded byPandeli Evangjeli
In office
27 May 1924 – 10 June 1924
Preceded byShefqet Vërlaci
Succeeded byFan Noli
In office
24 December 1924 – 5 January 1925
Preceded byFan Noli
Succeeded byAhmet Zogu
Personal details
Born(1882-01-01)1 January 1882
Berat, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania)
Died12 March 1932(1932-03-12) (aged 50)
Paris, France
SpouseXhemile Dino
RelationsFerid Vokopola (maternal cousin)
ChildrenIsuf Vrioni
ParentMehmet Ali Vrioni (father) Hysnije Vokopola (mother)
Occupationpolitician, diplomat
Professioncivil servant
AwardsGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
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Ilias bej Vrioni (1 January 1882 – 12 March 1932) was an Albanian politician and landowner. He was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence and served as Prime Minister of Albania three times.[1]

Biography

Ilias Vrioni was born in 1882 in Berat, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, modern day Albania, to Mehmet Ali Pasha of the Vrioni family and Hysnije Vokopola of the Vokopola family, making Ilias maternally a relative to Ferid Vokopola.[2] His household had great chifliks in the surroundings of Berat, Fier, and the Myzeqe plain. His father was a high dignitary of the administration of the Ottoman Empire and collaborator of Abdyl Frashëri at the time of the Congress of Berlin,[3] his mother came from a local landowning family that had their chifliks in the surroundings of Vokopolë.[2]

He was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. He served three times as Prime Minister and five times as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He died in Paris in 1932, while serving his second mandate as the Plenipotentiary Minister of the Kingdom of Albania to Paris and London.

He was decorated in 1920s with the order of Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur of the French Republic.

Political Activity

See also

Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Albania
19 November 1920 – 1 July 1921
11 July 1921 – 16 October 1921 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Albania
2 June 1924 – 16 June 1924 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Albania
26 December 1924 – 6 January 1925 		Succeeded by


References

  1. ^ "Albania statesmen".
  2. ^ a b Vlora, Eqrem bej (2003). Lebenserinnerungen [Kujtime 1885-1925]. Translated by Afrim Koçi. Tiranë: IDK. p. 612. ISBN 99927-780-6-7.
  3. ^ Elsie, Robert (2013). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 475. ISBN 9781780764313.

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