Anton Harapi
| Anton Harapi | |
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| Member of the High Regency Council of the Albanian Kingdom (1943–44) | |
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In office 16 October 1943 – 28 November 1944 |
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| Born |
January 5, 1888 Shiroka, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 February 1946 (aged 58) Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania) |
| Nationality |
 Albanian
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| Political party | Balli Kombëtar |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Dom Anton Harapi (January 5, 1888, Shiroka - February 15, 1946, Tirana) was an Albanian Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order, as well as a writer, political figure and Axis collaborator.
Anton Harapi was born on January 5, 1888, in Shiroka and educated in Shkodër. He had gone to secondary school at monastic schools in Meran and Hall in the Tyrol by the Franciscans. He had also studied theology in Rome. Anton Harapi supported and respected the diverse religious differences of Albanians, due to that religion had never divided Albanians, which he viewed themselves as a single blood brotherhood.
From 1923 to 1931, he taught at the Franciscan college in Shkodër and was its director. Anton Harapi was highly esteemed for his patriotism and persuasiveness. He was highly regarded throughout Albania for the depth and eloquence of his talks and for his erudition on religious topics.
After the Union with Italy was officially dissolved; many of the laws passed after Italian invasion were revoked, and Albania was declared an independent state. The assembly announced that Albania would be governed by a regency of four- one representative from each of Albania's four major religious communities. Albanian Catholics were represented by the prior of the Franciscans in Shkodër, Father Anton Harapi, who maintained connections with both the Kosovars and the Albanian partisans. Learning of his appointment, partisan emissaries unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade him from accepting. Hermann Neubacher seemed to have developed a warm personal relationship with Harapi, in part because Harapi had received some of his education at the monastery school of Meran and Hall in the Tyrol.
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