Dhimitër Beratti or Berati (15 October 1886 – 8 September 1970) was an
Albanian
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politician and journalist. One of the signatories of the
Albanian Declaration of Independence
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Beratti served as secretary of the Albanian delegation at the
Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
["History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science.]
Life
Born in
Korçë
Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the eighth most populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population is 75,994 (2011 census), in a total area of . It stands on a plateau some ...
on 15 October 1888,
he studied at the law and political science of the
University of Bucharest
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. In 1905 he returned to his home town where he worked in the first Albanian school established there. In 1908 he was one of the founding members of the ''Dituria'' ("Knowledge") association of Korçë.
In 1909 participates as a ''suffler'' in the ''Besa'' theatrical play, one of the first in Albania. The same year he participates in the Congress of Elbasan (related to education in Albanian) and one year later in the
Second Congress of Monastir.
Participant in the meeting at Hotel Continental in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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where the Albanian colony for electing the delegation to the Vlora event of 1912. He signed the
Albanian Declaration of Independence
The Albanian Declaration of Independence ( Albanian: ''Deklarata e Pavarësisë'') was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six days later the Assem ...
act on 28 November 1912 as D.Beratti on behalf of the Albanian Colony of Bucharest. Beratti was elected general director of the
Perlindja e Shqipëniës newspaper. He participated in the Albanian delegation to
London
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in 1913, following up with
the Conference of Ambassadors. Later in 1913 elected general director of the hospitals in Albania. Participated as secretary of the Albanian delegation in the
Paris Peace Conference of 1919, staying mainly there until 1921. During this period he published two books ''Albania and the Albanians'' (Paris, 1920) and ''La question Albanaise'' (Paris, 1920).
in 1923 he was engaged again by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Albania, assigned to the International Border Commission. Beratti was elected General Counsel of Albania in
Sofia
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,
Kingdom of Bulgaria
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in 1924, returning to Albania in 1926 where he worked as a secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1935 he was elected Minister of the National Economy. In 1936 he was sent as an Albanian Minister in Rome, Italy. On 3 December 1941, he was elected as a secretary in the Ministry of Popular Culture in the pro-Italian government of
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja (March 15, 1887, Akçahisar, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Krujë, Albania) – December 27, 1958, Niagara Falls, New York) was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He served as Prime Minister ...
. After the fall of
Rexhep Mitrovica
Rexhep Mitrovica (15 January 1888 – 21 May 1967) was a Prime Minister of Albania's government under Nazi Germany. A staunch nationalist, he was elected head of the Second League of Prizren.
Biography Early life
Rexhep was born to a wealthy ...
's government, he left Albania forever and stationed in Rome where he would live for the rest of his life. Died in Rome on 6 September 1970, according to some sources in a traffic accident.
Orders and decorations
*
Grand Cordon of Order of the Crown of Romania.
*Grand Cross of the
Order of the White Lion
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(1939).
Notes
References
1880s births
1970 deaths
People from Korçë
People from Manastir vilayet
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Albania
19th-century Albanian politicians
20th-century Albanian politicians
Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
19th-century Albanian writers
20th-century Albanian writers
Albanian journalists
University of Bucharest alumni
Albanian expatriates in Romania
Albanian expatriates in Italy
Road incident deaths in Italy
All-Albanian Congress delegates
20th-century journalists
Albanian collaborators with Fascist Italy
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