Xhemil Dino (1894–1972) was an
Albanian politician and diplomat.
He was born in
Preveza
Preveza ( el, Πρέβεζα, ) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which is part of the region of Epiru ...
in the
Janina Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
on 21 December 1894 to a branch of the notable Dino family of the area. He studied in
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...
and after the declaration of independence of Albania he was elected deputy of
Dibër. He was a delegate from Albania to the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Assembly of the
League of Nations
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(1925–1927). He became ambassador of Albania to the
United Kingdom
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in 1932.
During the era of the monarchy
King Zog
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appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs. During the Italian occupation of Albania Xhemil Dino was given the rank of an ambassador in the Italian service. After occupied by the Axis forces (1941–1944), Xhemil Dino was appointed the High Commissioner of
Thesprotia
Thesprotia (; el, Θεσπρωτία, ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the ...
(
Cameria
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) and actively collaborated with the Italian and German forces.
[Hermann Frank Meyer]
Blutiges Edelweiß: die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg.
Ch. Links Verlag, 2008, . He fled Albania end of 1944. He finally went to exile in Franco's Spain in 1945. He died on 2 July 1972 in
Madrid
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and was buried in
Rome
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.
References
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1894 births
1972 deaths
People from Preveza
People from Janina vilayet
Cham Albanians
Government ministers of Albania
Foreign ministers of Albania
Ambassadors of Albania to the United Kingdom
Albanian collaborators with Nazi Germany
Albanian collaborators with Fascist Italy
Albanian anti-communists
Members of the Parliament of Albania
Permanent Representatives of Albania to the League of Nations
Xhemil
Galatasaray High School alumni
Burials in Rome by place