Myfid bej Libohova
| Myfid bey Libohova | |
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| 2nd, 5th, 17th and 18th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Albania) | |
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In office 6 January 1925 – 31 January 1925 and 1 March 1925 – 23 September 1925 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmet Zogu |
| Preceded by | Iliaz Vrioni |
| Succeeded by | Hysen Vrioni |
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In office 25 December 1918 – 29 January 1920 |
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| Prime Minister | Turhan Përmeti |
| Preceded by | Prênk Bibë Doda |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Konica |
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In office 1 June 1913 – 24 January 1914 |
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| Prime Minister | Ismail Qemali |
| Preceded by | Ismail Qemali |
| Succeeded by | Turhan Përmeti |
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| Born | 1876 Libohovë, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | February 1927 (aged 50–51) Sarandë, Albania |
| Spouse(s) | Olga Schweitzer |
| Known for | First Minister of Interior of Albania Lek - Albanian currency First ambassador of Albania to Italy |
Myfid bej Libohova (1876 in Libohova – 1927 in Sarandë) was an Albanian economist, diplomat and politician and one of the delegates at the Assembly of Vlora (28 November 1912) where the Albanian Declaration of Independence took place. He served as the first Minister of Interior of Albania, during the Provisional Government of Albania and since then has held different government positions on nine occasions between 1913–1927, holding the positions of Justice Minister, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Culture.
Myfid Libohova, son of Maliq Pasha Libohova, was scion of a wealthy landowning family with the same name. In 1898, he was appointed in the Ottoman Embassy in Brussels, where he became Chargé d'affaires. He served initially in the Ottoman administration and represented Albania in the parliament of the Young Turks in 1908.
At the eve of the First World War, he was member of the International Control Commission that governed Albania from 22 January – 7 March 1914. Mufid Bey (also written Myfit Bey) was among the chief promoters of the Congress of Durrës that led, on 25 December 1918, to the creation of a new provisional government headed by former Prime Minister Turhan Pasha. Mufid Bey took over the ministry of the interior and justice, and later became minister of foreign affairs. In April 1919 he left Albania to take part the Paris Peace Conference and to attend to Albanian interests there. In August 1919, on his return from Paris, he stopped over in Rome. During negotiations with the Italian government, he secured Italian recognition for Albanian independence and a promise that the Italian occupation of Vlora would be temporary. It is this turbulent period of Albanian history that Mufid Bey Libohova describes in his memoirs, Politika ime ndë Shqiperi, 1916-1920 ("My Policies in Albania, 1916–1920").
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