Vrioni

Vrioni (definite Albanian form: Vrioni) is a surname. The Vrioni family is an Ottoman family from Vrioni of Berat which was one of the biggest landowners in Albania, most of their lands being in the area around Berat[1] and in the Myzeqe region. They served for several generations as beys of Berat and also held important functions in the Ottoman administration.[2] They are distinguished record in the battles in Egypt against Napoleon, and during the Greek War of Independence.[3]

Notable people with the name include:

• Omer Pasha Vrioni, Ottoman Pasha during the Greek Revolution
• Kahreman Pasha Vrioni I, son of Omer Pasha Vrioni, founder of Fier
• Ymer Pasha Vrioni (1839-1928), known as Omar Pasha Vrioni II, co-founder of Fier, politician
• Kahreman Pasha Vrioni II (1889-1955), son of Ymer Pasha Vrioni
• Mehmet Ali Vrioni, member of the Albanian Committee of Janina
• Aziz Pasha Vrioni (1859-1919), Ottoman - Albanian politician
• Iliaz Bey Vrioni (1882 – 1932), Albanian politician
• Hysen Bey Vrioni, Albanian Minister of Justice 1921-1922, 1922-1924, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1925-1928, 1931-1932
• Sami Bey Vrioni (1876–1947), delegate of the Assembly of Vlora, November 28, 1912
• Qemal Bey Vrioni (1885-1946), Albanian politician of 1930s and 1940s.
• Nyzhet Bey Vrioni, Albanian politician of early 20th-century
• Isuf Vrioni (1916 - 2001), Albanian translator, diplomat, Albanian Ambassador to UNESCO
• Dylber Vrioni, Albanian deputy Prime Minister of post-communist era

References

1. Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë (1970), Deuxième Conférence des études albanologiques: à l'occasion du 5e centenaire de la mort de Georges Kastriote-Skanderbeg, 2, Tirana: Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës, p. 111
2. Robert Elsie (2010), A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History (2 ed.), Scarecrow Press Inc., p. 135, ISBN 978-0810861886
3. Finlay, George (1861). History of the Greek Revolution. London: William Blackwood and Sons. p. 89.

See also

• Vrion (disambiguation)