Xhemil Dino

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Xhemil Dino
Xhemil Dino (portret).jpg
17th Foreign Affairs Minister of Albania
In office
12 April 1939 – 25 May 1939
Preceded byEkrem Libohova
Succeeded byBahri Omari
Personal details
Born(1894-12-21)21 December 1894
Preveza, Ottoman Empire
Died2 July 1972(1972-07-02) (aged 77)
Rome, Italy
Occupationpolitician, diplomat
Professioncivil servant
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Xhemil Dino (1894–1972) was an Albanian politician and diplomat.[1]

He was born in Preveza in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in 21 December 1894 to a branch of the notable Dino family of the area. He studied in Galatasaray High School and after the declaration of independence of Albania he was elected deputy of Dibër. He was a delegate from Albania to the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Assembly of the League of Nations (1925–1927). He became ambassador of Albania to the United Kingdom in 1932.[2]

During the era of the monarchy King Zog appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs. During the Italian occupation of Albania Xhemil Dino was given the rank of an ambassador in the Italian service. After occupied by the Axis forces (1941–1944), Xhemil Dino was appointed the High Commissioner of Thesprotia (Cameria) and actively collaborated with the Italian and German forces.[3] He fled Albania end of 1944. He finally went to exile in Franco's Spain in 1945. He died in 2 July 1972 in Madrid and was buried in Rome.

References[]

  1. ^ Dervishi, Kastriot (2012). Kryeministrat dhe ministrat e shtetit shqiptar në 100 vjet. Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese "55". p. 272. ISBN 9994356224.
  2. ^ Krasniqi, Afrim. Sistemet Politike në Shqipëri (1912–2008) (2nd ed.). Tiranë: Shtypshkronja "EMAL". ISBN 978-99956-19-36-7.
  3. ^ Hermann Frank Meyer. Blutiges Edelweiß: die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Ch. Links Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-447-1.
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