2. Zog I of Albania
Zog I, King of the Albanians (8 October 1895 – 9 April 1961). He was the leader
of Albania from 1922 to 1939. He first served as Prime Minister of Albania
(1922–1924), then as President (1925–1928), and finally as the first and only King
(1928–1939). Zogu was officially elected as the first President of Albania by the
Constituent Assembly on 21 January 1925. Zogu's government followed the
European model, though large parts of Albania still maintained a social
structure unchanged from the days of Ottoman rule. Zogu enacted several
major reforms. His principal ally during this period was Italy, which lent his
government funds in exchange for a greater role in Albania's fiscal policy.
During Zogu's presidency, serfdom was gradually eliminated. However, Zogu's
Albania was a police state. He all but eliminated civil liberties, muzzled the
press and murdered political opponents.
3. The weding of King Zog with Geraldina De Nagy Appony (contess from Hungary)
4. Fan NoliFan S. Noli (6 January 1882 – 13
March 1965), was an Albanian writer,
scholar, diplomat, politician, historian,
orator and founder of the Orthodox
Church of Albania, who served as Prime
Minister and regent of Albania in 1924
during the June Revolution.Fan Noli is
venerated in Albania as a champion of
literature, history, theology, diplomacy,
journalism, music and national unity. He
played an important role in the
consolidation of Albanian as the national
language of Albania with numerous
translations of world literature
masterpieces.He was ordained a priest in
1908, establishing thereby the Albanian
Church and elevating the Albanian
language to ecclesiastic use. He briefly
resided in Albania after the 1912
5.
6. SulejmanDelvina
SulejmanDelvina (5 October 1884, Delvinë - 1 August 1933, Vlorë) was an
Albanian politician and prime minister from March to November 1920.In
1919 he was the representative of the Albanian communities of the
Ottoman Empire in the Paris Peace Conference. In 1924 SulejmanDelvina
was one of the leaders of the revolution that overthrew the regime of Zog
I, King of Albania and established a democratic government. Fan S. Noli
became the new Prime Minister, while SulejmanDelvina was part of the
new cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
7. Turhan PashePermeti
TurhanPashePërmeti (1839 – 18 February
1927) was an Albanian politician who
served as the 3rd Prime Minister of
Albania.Among the Ottoman posts he
occupied were Governor of Crete 1895 and
1896, and ambassador in Saint Petersburg.
He was a fluent Greek speaker and
considered a capable though rather
indecisive administrator.He served as
Prime Minister of Albania in
1914.Përmeti's contemporaries argued that,
because he had lacked affiliation with the
Albanian national cause, he was not
familiar with the needs of Albanians. His
premiership was interrupted by Albanian
discontent twice. He was overthrown by
Essad Pasha in 1914, and then by the
Congress of Lushnjë in 1920.