Profession: Father of Modern Albania

Nationality:

Biography: Regarded as the 'Father of Modern Albania', Ismail Qemali was a major figure in Albania's struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled the country for 400 years.

Born into an aristocratic family, Qemali was a politician under the Ottoman regime before going into exile. Qemali returned to the Ottoman parliament after the Young Turk Revolution in 1908 under Abdul Hamid II, before Ottoman politics again drove him out.

After years working to secure Albanian interests amid the dying days of the Ottoman Empire, he declared the country independent in 1912. The same year he became the first Prime Minister of Albania until he was forced out by international forces in 1914.

Born:January 16,1844
Birthplace: Vlorë, Janina vilayet (Albania), Ottoman Empire
Star Sign:Capricorn

Died:January 26,1919 (aged 75)
Cause of Death: An apparentheart attack while in exile in Perugia, Italy

• 1912-11-28 Ismail Qemali declares Albania independent in Vlorë of the Ottoman Empire after 400 hundred years of rule

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