Jani Papadhopulli (1874 - 1939), also known as Jan Papadopulli, was one of the delegates of the

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 ...

, who was later elected as deputy of the Albanian parliament in 1923-1924, representing

Gjirokastër District Gjirokastër District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties. It had a population of 55,991 in 2001, and an area of . It contained a large Greek ethnic minority. It is in the south ...

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A merchant by profession, Papadhopuli was a delegate of Gjirokaster in the Albanian Orthodox Congress of 1922, where the

autocephaly Autocephaly (; from el, αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern O ...

of the Albanian church was declared.

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* "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. 19th-century Albanian politicians 20th-century Albanian politicians People from Dropull People from Janina vilayet All-Albanian Congress delegates Members of the Albanian Orthodox Church 1874 births 1939 deaths {{Albania-bio-stub