Ismail Ndroqi (1876–1944) was an
Albanian
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politician and philosopher. He was the
mayor of Tirana from 1917 to 1922.
Life
Born in 1876 in
Tiranë, capital of modern
Albania, he came from a family that was active in the
Albanian Revolt of 1843–1844
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and that of
1847
Events
January–March
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. After finishing his studies in the
Madrasah ǧāmiʿah of
Istanbul, he returned to Albania. A supporter of
Ismail Qemali, he was one of the local leaders of Tirana during the
Declaration of Independence of Albania
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. Ndroqi's support of Qemali invoked the hostility of
Essad Pasha Toptani, who in order to decrease Ndroqi's influence, arranged for him to be reappointed as
mufti of
Shijak in 1913 and
Kavajë in 1914. In 1916 he was elected mayor of Tiranë, replacing
Servet Libohova
Servet Libohova was an Albanian politician and mayor of Tirana
The Mayor of Tirana ( sq, Kryetari i Bashkisë së Tiranës) is the head of the General Assembly in Tirana, Albania. The mayor including with his cabinet, exercises the executive pow ...
, a post Ndroqi held from 1917 to 1922.
During his term as mayor, several schools and the first hospital and orphanage of the city were founded.
Ndroqi was an initiator of the Congress of Tiranë (19–20 December 1818) and a delegate in the
Durrës Congress (25–27 December 1918).
He also founded the volunteer battalion of Tiranë, which took part in the
Vlora War against the Italian army.
Ndroqi's term as a mayor of Tiranë was the longest until the establishment of the
Socialist People's Republic of Albania after World War II.
In 1928 he resigned from politics and focused on his
theological studies, denouncing
Islamic fundamentalism and
obscurantism. From 1928 to 1939 he also served as the mufti of
Durrës.
His son Shefqet Ndroqi is regarded as the father of
pulmonology
Pulmonology (, , from Latin ''pulmō, -ōnis'' "lung" and the Greek suffix "study of"), pneumology (, built on Greek πνεύμων "lung") or pneumonology () is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. ...
in Albania, and a hospital in Tiranë has been renamed for him, while he is also an honorary citizen of the city. Ndroqi's grandson Zamir is also a doctor.
References
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Mayors of Tirana
Albanian imams
1876 births
1944 deaths
People from Tirana
Congress of Durrës delegates
20th-century Albanian philosophers