Dhimitër Beratti or Berati (15 October 1886 – 8 September 1970) was an Albanian politician and journalist. One of the signatories of 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 Ass ...

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

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on 15 October 1888, he studied at the law and political science of the

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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

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where the Albanian colony for electing the delegation to the Vlora event of 1912. He signed the

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

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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

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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. 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

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(1939).

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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 {{albania-bio-stub