Rexhep Demi (1864-1929) was a leading member of the Albanian independence movement"History of Albanian People" By the Albanian Academy of Science and one of the delegates of

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 ...

, representing the region of

Çamëria Chameria ( sq, Çamëria; el, Τσαμουριά, ''Tsamouriá''; tr, Çamlık) is a term used today mostly by Albanians to refer to parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and Greece, traditionally associated with the Alban ...

. He was a minister in the

Provisional Government of Albania The Provisional Government of Albania ( sq, Qeveria e Përkohshme e Shqipërisë) was the first government of Albania, created by the Assembly of Vlorë on 4 December 1912. It was a paternal government, led by Ismail Qemali, until his resignatio ...

. He was born in

Filiates Filiates ( el, Φιλιάτες; ) is a town and a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. It is located in the northernmost part of the regional unit, bordering western Ioannina regional unit and southern Albania. Name The region of Filiates was kno ...

( sq, Filati) in 1864 to a Muslim Albanian family, and he died in 1929.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Demi, Rexhep 1864 births 1929 deaths 19th-century Albanian people Cham Albanians All-Albanian Congress delegates Members of the Parliament of Albania Activists of the Albanian National Awakening People from Filiates