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King Zog I

Zog I, Skanderbeg III
King of the Albanians
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King of the Albanians
Reign 1 September 1928  – 7 April 1939
Predecessor Monarchy established
Vidi I (as Prince of Albania), deposed in 1914
Successor Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
President of Albanian Republic
Term 1 February 1925 – 1 September 1928
Predecessor New Post
Successor Monarchy established
16th Prime Minister of Albania
Term 6 January 1925 – 1 September 1928
Predecessor Iliaz Bej Vrioni
Successor Koço Kota
Marshal of Royal Albanian Army
Term 1 February 1925  – 1 September 1939
Predecessor New Post
Born (1895-10-08)8 October 1895
Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Died 9 April 1961(1961-04-09) (aged 65)
Suresnes, Paris, France
Burial Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family, Tirana, Albania
Consort Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony
Issue Leka, Crown Prince of Albania
Full name
Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli
House House of Zogu
Father Xhemal Pasha Zogolli
Mother Sadijé Toptani
Religion Sunni Islam
Signature
Full name
Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli

Zog I, King of the Albanians (Albanian: Nalt Madhnija e Tij Zogu I, Mbreti i Shqiptarëvet, IPA: [ˈzɔɡu]; 8 October 1895 – 9 April 1961), born Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli, taking the surname Zogu in 1922, was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. He first served as Prime Minister of Albania (1922–1924), then as President (1925–1928), and finally as King (1928–1939). His rule as king was characterized by oppression of civil liberties and was similar to the concurrent regime in Italy.

Zog was born as Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli in Burgajet Castle, near Burrel in the northern part of the Albanian section of the Ottoman Empire, second son to Xhemal Pasha Zogolli, and first son by his second wife Sadijé Toptani in 1895. His family was a beylik family of landowners, with feudal authority over the region of Mati. His mother's Toptani family claimed to be descended from the sister of Albania's greatest national hero, the 15th century general Skanderbeg. He was educated at Galatasaray High School (Lycée Impérial de Galatasaray) in Constantinople, then the seat of the decaying Ottoman Empire, which controlled Albania. Upon his father's death in 1911, Zogolli became governor of Mat, being appointed ahead of his elder brother, Xhelal Bey Zogolli.


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