Iliaz Vrioni

Iliaz Vrioni
6th Prime Minister of Albania
In office 19 November 1920 – 16 October 1921
Preceded by	Sulejman Delvina
Succeeded by	Pandeli Evangjeli
13th Prime Minister of Albania
In office 27 May 1924 – 10 June 1924
Preceded by	Shefqet Bej Vërlaci
Succeeded by	Fan S. Noli
15th Prime Minister of Albania
In office 24 December 1924 – 5 January 1925
Preceded by	Fan S. Noli
Succeeded by	Ahmet Zogu
Personal details
Religion	Sunni Islam

Iliaz Vrioni (1882 – March 17, 1932) was an Albanian politician and land owner. He served as Prime Minister of Albania three times.

Biography

Iliaz Vrioni, was born in 1882 in Berat, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire and died in Paris in 1932. Member of the great Bey family of Berat, Fier and Myzeqe, formerly cities and regions of the Ottoman Province of Ioannina, presently in Albania. Son of Mehmet Ali Pasha Vrioni, a high dignitary of the administration of the Ottoman Empire.

Iliaz Vrioni was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. He served three times as Prime Minister and five times as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He died in Paris in 1932, while serving his second mandate as the Plenipotentiary Minister of the Kingdom of Albania to Paris and London.

Iliaz Vrioni was decorated in 1920s with the order of Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur of the French Republic.

Political Activity

• Signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence: 28 November 1912
• Prime Minister of Albania: 19 November 1920 – 1 July 1921
• Prime Minister of Albania: 11 July 1921 – 16 October 1921
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania: 30 Mars 1924 – 27 May 1924
• Prime Minister of Albania and Minister of Foreign Affairs: 24 December 1924 – 5 January 1925
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania: 12 February 1927 – 21 October 1927
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania and Vice-Minister of Justice: 26 October 1927 – 21 May 1928
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania: 11 May 1928 – 1 September 1928
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania: 5 September 1928 – 13 January 1929
• Plenipotentiary Minister of Albania in Paris and London: 1925 – 1926
• Plenipotentiary Minister of Albania in Paris and London: 1929 – 1932

See also

• Omar Pasha Vrioni II
• Sami Bey Vrioni
• Albanian Declaration of Independence

Political offices
Preceded by Sulejman Delvina	Prime Minister of Albania 19 November 1920 – 1 July 1921 11 July 1921 – 16 October 1921	Succeeded by Pandeli Evangjeli
Preceded by Shefqet Vërlaci	Prime Minister of Albania 2 June 1924 – 16 June 1924	Succeeded by Theofan Stilian Noli
Preceded by Theofan Stilian Noli	Prime Minister of Albania 26 December 1924 – 6 January 1925	Succeeded by Ahmet Zogu

References

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See also

• History of Albania
• List of Prime Ministers of Albania