Hasan Dosti

Hasan Dosti
Minister of Justice
In office December 12, 1941 – January 19, 1943
Personal details
Born	1895 Kardhiq, Ottoman Empire (now Kardhiq, Albania)
Died	29 January 1991(1991-01-29) (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	Albanian
Political party	Balli Kombëtar
Children	Victor Dosti
Alma mater	University of Paris
Profession	Lawyer, politician
Religion	Islam

Hasan Dosti (1895 – January 29, 1991) was an Albanian jurist and politician. Being a staunch Albanian nationalist, Dosti was considered by the Albanian communists to be one of their greatest enemies.

Hasan Dosti was born in Kardhiq near Gjirokastra (then Ottoman Empire). He attended Greek schools in Filippiada and the Zosimaia School in Ioannina. His family moved to Vlora after World War I, where Dosti came into contact with Avni Rustemi. Dosti then moved to Paris to complete his tertiary education at the faculty of law of the University of Paris. After graduating, he returned to Albania to work as a lawyer. In the 1920s he served a member of court of cassation of Albania under Thoma Orollogaj, who was the minister of justice at the time.

An opponent of Ahmet Zogu he was imprisoned several times. From 1932 to 1935 he was sentenced to prison because of his participation in the Movement of Vlorë, an anti-monarchist organization founded by Dosti himself and Skënder Muço among others. In the late 1930s he organized an assassination plot against leading Italian and Albanian fascists.

In 1941 he initially became Minister of Justice in Mustafa Merlika-Kruja's cabinet; however, in 1943 Dosti defected and joined the Balli Kombëtar. He was a leading figure of the Balli Kombëtar during World War II and was one of Balli Kombëtar's representatives in the Assembly of Mukje. He was Minister of Justice of the short-lived government formed at the assembly. With the communists on the brink of victory, Hasan Dosti managed to escape to Italy in a boat provided by the Abwehr.

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