Syrja bej Vlora

Syrja Bey Vlora
Born	1860 Vlorë, Ottoman Empire
Died	1940
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Albanian Declaration of Independence

Syrja Vlora, usually referred as Syrja Bey Vlora, was one of the active figures of the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912, and one of the delegates of the Assembly of Vlorë.

Syrja Bej Vlora was born in Vlorë, back then Ottoman Empire, in 1860. He was a member of the well known Vlora family, historically successful through the ranks of Ottoman administration and military. His was the son of Mustafa Pashë Vlora, and brother of the Grand Vezir Avlonyalı Ferid Paşa (1851-1914). Vlora was also related to Ismail Qemali, both being political rivals at the same time.
Syrja Vlora was married to the sister of Essad Toptani.

Before the new Albanian state, he had served as General Director of the Customs of the Ottoman Empire, and a representative in the Ottoman Parliament from 1908.
After the Declaration of Independence of Albania in 1912 in his home town, where he was a delegate of Përmet region, he held minor political positions, known mainly as the Albanian Ambassador in Vienna in 1914.
He was the father of the Albanian politician and scholar Ekrem Bey Vlora. Together they had propagandized the Albanian independence in Austria during the pre-Independence European tour of Ismail Qemali.

He died in 1940.

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