Hysen Vrioni, sometime referred to as Hysein Vrioni was an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n politician during the 1920s and 1930s.

Life

Hysen Vrioni was the son of

Aziz Pasha Vrioni Aziz Pasha Vrioni (1859–1920) was an Ottoman- Albanian politician of the early 20th century. He was a member of the Ottoman Parliament representing Berat, and Albanian Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture and of Mines. He was born i ...

, a member of the influential

Vrioni family The Vrioni family ( Ottoman Turkish: ''Viryon Zâdeler'') is one of the great Albanian aristocratic families and one of the biggest landowners of Albania, otherwise known as "Konaqe" or "Oxhaqe", among which the most important are: Vrioni of Berat ...

of south Albania. He studied law and worked as a clerk for the

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before the

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. Between others, he served as

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. He was part of the delegation that went to

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in 1914, to offer the Albanian crown to Prince

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. The

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elected him as senator. He was elected in Albanian parliament during 1921–1923 affiliated with Popular Party. He was twice Minister of Justice, in 1921–1922 and 1922–1924. He served also twice as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1925–1927 and 1931–1932). Vrioni was elected as representative of

Berat Berat (; sq-definite, Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Berat County and Berat Municipality. By air, it is north of Gjirokastër, west of Korçë, south of Tirana, and east of Fier. Berat is located in th ...

in Albanian Parliament of 1932, reelected again in 1937. He served for a small time as deputy-speaker of the

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. Hysen Vrioni is remembered for the First Pact of Tirana on November 27, 1926, which he signed on behalf of

Ahmet Zogu Zog I ( sq, Naltmadhnija e tij Zogu I, Mbreti i Shqiptarëve, ; 8 October 18959 April 1961), born Ahmed Muhtar bey Zogolli, taking the name Ahmet Zogu in 1922, was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's y ...

, while Baron Pompeo Aloisi signed for the

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side. The Albanian left-wing leader and

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had a low opinion on him considering Vrioni's feudal and Ottoman background and his loyalty to Ahmet Zogu, proclaimed King of Albania in 1925. He called Vrioni a "turkoman".

Political activity

*Senator of the Senate that came out of

Congress of Lushnjë The Congress of Lushnjë (), historically documented by the name ''Mbledhja Kombiare Lushnje'', was a conference of Albanian political leaders held from January 28 to January 31, 1920 in Lushnjë, Albania. Its objective was to deal with the issue ...

, on 31 January 1920 *Minister of Justice: 24 December 1921 – 12 May 1923 *Minister of Foreign Affairs: 28 September 1925 – 10 February 1927 *Minister of Foreign Affairs: 20 April 1931 – 7 December 1932

References

Government ministers of Albania

Vrioni Vrioni ( sq-definite, Vrioni) is a surname. The Vrioni family is an Albanian family from Vrion, Berat, Vrioni of Berat which was one of the biggest landowners in Albania, most of their lands being in the area around Berat and in the Myzeqe region. T ...

Ministers without portfolio of Albania Vrioni family {{DEFAULTSORT:Vrioni, Hysein