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List Of People From Vlorë
This article is a list of notable people from Vlorë in southern Albania: Business * Sinan Idrizi – businessman and major shareholder of Air Albania, Albania’s flag carrier. * Mira Murati – CTO and interim CEO of OpenAI Politics *Ismail Qemali – Albanian Independence Movement * Ali Asllani – Poet and diplomat *Mehmed Ferid Pasha – Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *Skënder Gjinushi – Politician * Qazim Koculi – Albanian Independence Movement *Lütfi Pasha – Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *Arben Malaj – Politician *Manush Myftiu – Albanian Communist Politician * Harilla Papajorgji – Politician * Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha – Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *Eqrem Vlora – Albanian Independence Movement * Syrja Vlora – Albanian Independence Movement signatory and major Albanian landowner Religious leaders * Ahmet Myftar – 6th Dedebaba of the Bektashi Order (born in Brataj, Vlorë County) * Baba Mondi – Bektashi World Leader and Albanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlorë
Vlorë ( ; ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, third most populous city of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surrounded by the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast, Albanian Adriatic and Albanian Ionian Sea Coast, Ionian Sea Coasts. It experiences a Mediterranean climate, which is affected by the Ceraunian Mountains and the proximity to the Mediterranean Sea. The coastal area of Vlorë was one of the Illyrians, Illyrian sites that had experienced pre-urban activity beginning from the 11th–10th centuries BC. The area was Greek colonisation, colonized by Ancient Greece, Ancient Greeks. A large fortified port-town that was inhabited from the 6th century BC to the 2nd century AD is placed, now partially submerged, in Triport, Vlorë, Triport, northwest of present-day Vlorë. Substantial port activity in this site o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orli Shuka
Orli Shuka (born 27 May 1976) is a British-Albanian actor best known for his role as Luan, head of the Albanian mafia Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime () are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic Albanians. Albanian organized crime is active mostly in Europe and South America, but also in various other ... in '' Gangs of London''. He is the son of Albanian actor Agim Shuka. Filmography References External links * English male television actors Albanian male television actors 1976 births Living people English male film actors Albanian male film actors Male actors from London 21st-century English male actors 21st-century Albanian male actors Albanian emigrants to England {{Albania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drita Pelingu
Drita Pelingu (née: Kripa; 3 December 1926 – 3 October 2013) was an Albanian actress and director. Appreciated for her numerous roles in Albanian cinema, she has been honored and awarded with the title of People's Artist and Merited Artist of Albania. Life and career Pelingu was born on December 3, 1926 in Vlore as Drita Kripa. When she arrived in the capital, the essential thing was the purity, of the voice, the depth through reason, which can be pledged by the power of talent, she was the first girl to be educated in the fascinating art of drama, under the advice of Mio. Arriving in 1946, she found herself a professional theater actress, while she was in the pedagogical school with studies. She completed the 3-year course, actress-director. As an actress of theater and cinema, she has played over 150 roles, more than half of which are leading female roles in national and world dramaturgy. As one of the founders of the National Theater, she has made an important contri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Muçaj
Ibrahim Muçaj ( December 8th 1944 – January 5th 2010) was an n . Biography Ibrahim Muçaj was born in . In 1968, he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Tirana. After graduation, he worked as an assistant director. He first appeared on set as an assistant to . He has also collaborated wi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaq Mitro
Kristaq Mitro (1 December 1945 – 3 April 2023) was an Albanian film director. He was a professor at University of Arts, Tirana. He directed '' Apasionata'' in 1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ... with Ibrahim Muçaj. Mitro died in Vienna on 3 April 2023, at the age of 77. Filmography * Një djalë edhe një vajzë (1990) * Telefoni i një mëngjesi (1987) * Duaje emrin tënd (1984) *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baba Mondi
Edmond Brahimaj ( Albanian: Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj, born 19 May 1959), commonly known as Baba Mondi, is an Albanian religious leader and the eighth Bektashi Dedebaba (or Kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order. He is the leader of the Bektashi Muslims. If the planned nation of the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order is approved, Baba Mondi will serve as the head of the country in his role as spiritual leader. Early life Edmond Brahimaj was born to devout Bektashi Muslims in Vlorë, Albania. He finished middle school in Vlorë and graduated from the Military Academy. Beginning in 1982, he was an officer in the Albanian People's Army. At the beginning of 1991, he was released from his military duty. After 2 January 1992, he studied at the Dedebabalik and became a dervish on 16 May 1996. Bektashi leadership Following the death of ''Baba'' Tahir Emini, the ''dedelik'' of Tirana appointed ''Baba'' Edmond Brahimaj (Baba Mondi), formerly head of the of Korçë, to oversee the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlorë County
Vlorë County (; ) is one of the 12 counties of Albania with the city of Vlorë being the county capital. The county spans and has a total population of 146,681 people as of 2023. It borders the counties of Fier and Gjirokastër, as well as the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. Greece borders Vlorë to the south. Vlorë is geographically a very mountainous county. The county stretches along the Adriatic Sea and especially the Ionian Sea, forming the Albanian Riviera. The county has a coastline of . The coasts on the west can be very steep and rocky with green panoramic vistas and high mountains in the hinterland, including the Ceraunian Mountains. The highest natural point is Çikë, at . The northwest of the county is mostly located on the peninsula of Karaburun, with a rough relief, steep cliffs, bays and rocky beaches. With about than 146,000 inhabitants in 2023, Vlorë is the seventh most populous county within Albania, and the third most populous within the Southern Region. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brataj
Brataj is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Selenicë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,849. The municipal unit consists of the villages Brataj, Lepenicë, Gjorm, Velçë, Ramicë, Mesaplik, Matogjin, Bashaj, Vërmik and Malas. History The etymology of Brataj may come from the Slavic word for brother “brat”, if this is the case the place name would’ve appeared during one of the time periods the Slavs invaded/ ruled over Albania in history. In June 1847 Albanian representatives from Lalëria, Toskëria, Labëria and Çamëria Chameria (; , ''Tsamouriá'') 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 Albanian ethnic subgroup of the Chams.Elsie, Robert and Be ... met in the village of Mesaplik reacting to the reforms of the Ottom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
