Sulejman Delvina

Sulejman Bey Delvina (5 October 1884 – 1 August 1932) was an Albanian politician and prime minister from March to November 1920.[1]

Sulejman Delvina
5th Prime Minister of Albania
In office
30 January 1920 – 14 November 1920
Preceded byTurhan Përmeti
Succeeded byIlias Vrioni
15th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
16 June 1924 – 23 December 1924
Preceded byTurhan Përmeti
Succeeded byIlias Vrioni
Personal details
Born(1884-10-05)5 October 1884
Delvinë, Ottoman Empire,
(today Albania)
Died1 August 1932(1932-08-01) (aged 47)
Vlorë, Albania
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Life

Sulejman Delvina was born in Delvinë on October 5, 1884[2] to Selim bey and brother of Namik bey.[3] Delvina graduated from Zosimea High School in Janina and later he was graduated in 1899 from the Mekteb-i Mülkiye (modern Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University).[4] He married the sister of Xhafer Villa, later Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]

In 1919 he was the representative of the Albanian communities of the Ottoman Empire in the Paris Peace Conference. In 1924 Sulejman Delvina 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 Sulejman Delvina was part of the new cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[5]

He died on August 1, 1932, in Vlorë.[6]

Delvina Government

The Congress of Lushnjë held from January 28 to January 31, 1920 in Lushnjë. The congress declared the Durrës government invalid and formed a new cabinet under Sulejman Delvina.

The cabinet of Delvina:

Sources
  1. Elisabeth, Özdalga (2005). Late Ottoman society: the intellectual legacy. SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East. 3. Routledge. p. 330. ISBN 0-415-34164-7.
  2. Elsie, Robert (2013). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781780764313.
  3. Clayer, Nathalie (2007). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe (in French). Paris: Karthala. p. 341. ISBN 9782845868168.
  4. Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016-07-08). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-317-47594-1.
  5. Schmidt-Neke, Michael (1987). Entstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien, 1912-1939 (in German). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 122. ISBN 3-486-54321-0.
  6. Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016-07-08). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781317475941.
Political offices
Preceded by
Turhan Pashë Përmeti		 Prime Minister of Albania
January 30, 1920–November 14, 1920		 Succeeded by
Iliaz Vrioni
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