Mehdi Frashëri
| Mehdi Frashëri | |
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| 10th Prime Minister of Albania | |
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In office October 21, 1935 – November 9, 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Pandeli Evangjeli |
| Succeeded by | Kostaq Kota |
| 17th Prime Minister of Albania | |
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In office October 24, 1943 – November 3, 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Eqrem Libohova |
| Succeeded by | Rexhep Mitrovica |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office November 5, 1943 – July 21, 1944 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 February 1872 Frashër, Albania (then Ottoman Empire) |
| Died | 25 May 1963 (aged 91) Rome, Italy |
| Spouse(s) | Nejre Frashëri |
| Relations |
Rakip Frashëri (Father) Aishe Çaçi (mother) |
| Children | Vehbi Frashëri Mediha Frashëri Ragip Frashëri Shehria Frashëri |
| Occupation | Writer, Civil servant, Politician, Diplomat |
| Profession | Politician, diplomat |
| Religion | Bektashi Order |
Mehdi Frashëri (February 28, 1872 – May 25, 1963) was an Albanian intellectual, politician and Axis collaborator. He served as Prime Minister of Albania twice, the second term as Prime Minister of Albania's puppet government under Nazi Germany.
Mehdi Frashëri was born in 1872 in the village of Frashër Gjirokastër. He studied in Konica and Monastir and graduated from the Mekteb-i Mülkiye in Istanbul in 1897.
While in Constantinople, in 1901, he was charged with establishing a small press in a local house cellar for printing Albanian nationalistic materials together with a small group of Albanians.
Frashëri served as Kaymakam of Peqin in central Albania between 1901 and 1903. After that he moved to Ohrid, where he joined the Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania. He was denounced by a group of local Muslims as an Albanian nationalist and a pro-Young Turk. He was governor of the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem under the Ottomans, mayor of Durrës under Prince Wied, minister in the Albanian government of 1918, and minister of the interior in 1920. On May 17, 1914 as a member of the International Commission of Control he signed the . He participated in the Congress of Durrës in December 1918. In 1923, he was also Albania's representative in the League of Nations. During the 1930s he held significant posts, including that of the Prime Minister from 1935 to 1936. In the early 1930s he participated in the civil code reforms committees along with Thoma Orollogaj and Hasan Dosti.
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