Ndok Gjeloshi

Ndok Gjeloshi
Born	15 November 1893 Mekshaj, Shala, Sanjak of Scutari, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 April 1943 Tirana, Albanian Kingdom
Allegiance	Principality of Albania
Battles/wars	June Revolution World War II

Ndok Gjeloshi (1893-1943) was an Albanian army officer and Militia commander during World War II.

Gjeloshi was born in Mekshaj, Shalë municipality of Dukagjin region in North Albania. He studied in the Franciscan College in Shkodër, and after that finished the Military Academy of Modena.
Gjeloshi supported Prince Wied during his short reign of the Principality of Albania, and like many other pro-Wied nationalists he was a member of the short-lived "Albanian Nationalist Party" (Albanian: Partia Nacionaliste Shqiptare).
Supporter of Fan Noli's political ideas, he was an active participant of the June Revolution, and was promoted "Captain" of the border guard. After Ahmet Zogu's return from Yugoslavia, he fled the country and went in exile.
In 1926, together with Loro Caka, a catholic priest, Gjeloshi organized a rebellion in Dukagjin. The rebellion could not spread in nearby regions; it remained isolated and was quelled by Zogist forces. Gjeoloshi fled again. He joined the Albanian political émigré in Vienna, Austria and became member of the "National Union" (Albanian: Bashkimi Kombëtar), an organization of anti-Zog activists in exile, which was formed in 1925 in Vienna with the initiative of Ali Kelcyra, Angjelin Suma, Xhemal Bushati, and Sejfi Vllamasi.

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