Sulejman Delvina
Sulejman Bey Delvina (5 October 1884 – 1 August 1932) was an Albanian politician and prime minister from March to November 1920.[1]
Sulejman Delvina | |
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5th Prime Minister of Albania | |
In office 30 January 1920 – 14 November 1920 | |
Preceded by | Turhan Përmeti |
Succeeded by | Ilias Vrioni |
15th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 16 June 1924 – 23 December 1924 | |
Preceded by | Turhan Përmeti |
Succeeded by | Ilias Vrioni |
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Born | Delvinë, Ottoman Empire, (today Albania) | 5 October 1884
Died | 1 August 1932 47) Vlorë, Albania | (aged
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Life
Sulejman Delvina was born in Delvinë on October 5, 1884[2] to Selim bey and brother of Namik bey.[3] Delvina graduated from Zosimea High School in Janina and later he was graduated in 1899 from the Mekteb-i Mülkiye (modern Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University).[4] He married the sister of Xhafer Villa, later Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]
In 1919 he was the representative of the Albanian communities of the Ottoman Empire in the Paris Peace Conference. In 1924 Sulejman Delvina was one of the leaders of the revolution that overthrew the regime of Zog I, King of Albania and established a democratic government. Fan S. Noli became the new Prime Minister, while Sulejman Delvina was part of the new cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[5]
Delvina Government
The Congress of Lushnjë held from January 28 to January 31, 1920 in Lushnjë. The congress declared the Durrës government invalid and formed a new cabinet under Sulejman Delvina.
The cabinet of Delvina:
- Sulejman Delvina – Prime Minister
- Ahmet Zogu – Minister of Internal Affairs
- Mehmet Konica – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Kadri Prishtina – Minister of Justice
- Ndoc Çoba – Minister of Finance
- Sotir Peçi – Minister of Education
- Ali Riza Kolonja – Minister of War
- Eshref Frashëri – General Director of Public Works
- Idhomene Kosturi – General Director of the Post-Telegraph Agency.
Sources
- Elisabeth, Özdalga (2005). Late Ottoman society: the intellectual legacy. SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East. 3. Routledge. p. 330. ISBN 0-415-34164-7.
- Elsie, Robert (2013). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781780764313.
- Clayer, Nathalie (2007). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe (in French). Paris: Karthala. p. 341. ISBN 9782845868168.
- Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016-07-08). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-317-47594-1.
- Schmidt-Neke, Michael (1987). Entstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien, 1912-1939 (in German). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 122. ISBN 3-486-54321-0.
- Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016-07-08). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781317475941.
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Preceded by Turhan Pashë Përmeti |
Prime Minister of Albania January 30, 1920–November 14, 1920 |
Succeeded by Iliaz Vrioni |