Ilias Vrioni

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Ilias Vrioni
Ahmet Zogu
Personal details
Born(1882-01-01)1 January 1882
Isuf Vrioni
ParentMehmet Ali Vrioni (father) Hysnije Vokopola (mother)
Occupationpolitician, diplomat
Professioncivil servant
AwardsGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
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Ilias bej Vrioni (1 January 1882 – 12 March 1932) was an Albanian politician and landowner. He was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence and served as Prime Minister of Albania three times.[1]

Biography

Ilias Vrioni was born in 1882 in

Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, modern day Albania, to Mehmet Ali Pasha of the Vrioni family and Hysnije Vokopola of the Vokopola family, making Ilias maternally a relative to Ferid Vokopola.[2] His household had great chifliks in the surroundings of Berat, Fier, and the Myzeqe plain. His father was a high dignitary of the administration of the Ottoman Empire and collaborator of Abdyl Frashëri at the time of the Congress of Berlin,[3] his mother came from a local landowning family that had their chifliks in the surroundings of Vokopolë.[2]

He was one of the signatories of the

Minister of Foreign Affairs
. He died in Paris in 1932, while serving his second mandate as the Plenipotentiary Minister of the Kingdom of Albania to Paris and London.

He was decorated in 1920s with the order of

French Republic
.

Political Activity

  • Prime Minister of Albania: 19 November 1920 – 1 July 1921
  • Prime Minister of Albania: 11 July 1921 – 16 October 1921
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs
    of Albania: 30 Mars 1924 – 27 May 1924
  • Prime Minister of Albania and
    Minister of Foreign Affairs
    : 24 December 1924 – 5 January 1925
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs
    of Albania: 12 February 1927 – 21 October 1927
  • Minister of Justice
    : 26 October 1927 – 21 May 1928
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs
    of Albania: 11 May 1928 – 1 September 1928
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs
    of Albania: 5 September 1928 – 13 January 1929
  • Plenipotentiary Minister of Albania in Paris and London: 1925 – 1926
  • Plenipotentiary Minister of Albania in Paris and London: 1929 – 1932

See also

  • Omar Pasha Vrioni II
  • Sami Bey Vrioni
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Albania
19 November 1920 – 1 July 1921
11 July 1921 – 16 October 1921
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Albania
2 June 1924 – 16 June 1924
Succeeded by
Theofan Stilian Noli
Preceded by
Theofan Stilian Noli
Prime Minister of Albania
26 December 1924 – 6 January 1925
Succeeded by
Ahmet Zogu


References

  1. ^ "Albania statesmen".
  2. ^ .
  3. .

See also