Ajdin Draga (1864–1914) was an

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politician."History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. In 1912, he was a representative of Kosovo in the

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and a member of the Albanian Senate.

Life

Ajdin Draga was born in Mojstir, in the Vilayet of Kosovo,

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, today's

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in 1864 to the Draga family. His father Ali Pasha Draga was a notable landowner of the region. His brothers, Nexhip and Ferhat, also activists of the

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, led the Xhemijet party of Yugoslavia in the interwar period. In November 1912 he participated in the

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, in which the independence of Albania was declared and a national congress was formed. The deputies of the national congress also elected eighteen delegates of the assembly to form the Albanian Senate, of which Ajdin Draga was a member as a senator of Kosovo along with

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and

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. He died in June 1914 in a battle against Essadist forces in Rashbull,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Draga, Ajdin 20th-century Albanian politicians People from Tutin, Serbia 1864 births 1914 deaths All-Albanian Congress delegates