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| Born | 1883 (1883) |
| Died | 1975 (aged 91–92) |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, veterinarian |
| Known for | Committee of Kosovo Albanian Populist Party |
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Sejfi Vllamasi (1883–1975) was anAlbanian congressman and well-known politician during the first half of the 20th century. He was born in the village ofNovoselë, inKolonjë, Albania (at the time part of theOttoman Empire).
Vllamasi studied inIstanbul,Turkey, to become aveterinary. His political activities started in 1905, as activist of theSecret Committee for the Liberation of Albania inMonastir. Vllamasi was one of the initiators of theCommittee of Kosovo of 1918, founded inShkoder. He was the initial leader of the Populist Party together withPandeli Evangjeli andEshref Frasheri. In April 1923 he was appointed Minister of Public Works.[1] He took part in theJune Revolution of 1924 to overthrow the rightist government. After the revolution was crushed, he migrated toWestern Europe.
Vllamasi has been accused of participating in the anti-royalist movement during his exile inVienna.[2] He was a founding member of the "Bashkimi Kombetar" (National Union) organization, one of the organizations that collected many anti-Zog politicians in exile. Vllamasi was one of the organizers of theassassination attempt on Zogu in Vienna (1931). He was arrested by the Austrian police, released shortly after and deported from Austria. After that he moved toParis along with most of the other diaspora activists.
DuringNazi Germany's occupation, Vllamasi returned to Albania and became a member of the puppet government. He had an extremely difficult life during the communist rule of theAlbanian Party of Labour, being imprisoned (1947–1956) and forced to work even in his old age.[3]
Vllamasi's memoirs, titledBallafaqime politike në Shqipëri (1899–1942) (Political Confrontations in Albania (1899–1942)), reveal him to be an open critic of other personalities likeLuigj Gurakuqi and some of theKosovar irredentists, and even the line of action followed by Noli and the opposition of the early 1920s . His memoirs are a vast source of information on the politics of early 20th-century Albania and on many Albanian personalities of that time.
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