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Ismail Qemal Vlora

Ismail Qemali
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1st President of Albania
In office
29 November 1912 – 22 January 1914
Preceded by Independence declared
Succeeded by Prince William of Wied
1st Prime Minister of Albania
In office
29 November 1912 – 22 January 1914
Preceded by Independence declared
Succeeded by Fejzi Bej Alizoti
1st Foreign Minister of Albania
In office
4 December 1912 – June 1913
Preceded by None
Succeeded by Myfit Libohova
Personal details
Born (1844-10-16)16 October 1844
Vlorë, Albania
Died 24 January 1919(1919-01-24) (aged 74)
Perugia, Italy
Occupation Politics, Literature

Ismail Qemal Bej Vlora (About this sound listen ; 16 October 1844 – 24 January 1919), commonly Ismail Qemali, was a member of the Albanian national movement. As founder of Independent Albania, he served as its first President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the first government of Albania until January 1914, when he was forced to step aside by the International Commission of Control established by the six Great Powers.

Ismail Qemal Vlora was born to a noble family in the city of Vlorë. Having finished the primary education in his hometown, and the high school Zosimea in Janina, in 1859 he moved to Constantinople where he embarked on a career as an Ottoman civil servant, being identified with the liberal reform wing of the service under Midhat Pasha, and was governor of several towns in the Balkans. During these years he took part in efforts for the standardization of the Albanian alphabet and the establishment of an Albanian cultural association.


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