Ismail Qemali, or Ismail Kemal, (Albanian: [ismail cɛmali] ; 16 January 1844 – 26 January 1919), was an Albanian politician and statesman who is regarded as the founder of modern Albania. He served as the first prime minister of Albania from December 1912 until his resignation in January 1914. Born in Vlorë to an Albanian noble family, Qemali developed an early interest in languages and later studied law in Istanbul. Read more on Wikipedia
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Ismail Qemali was a leader of the Albanian independence movement. He was the first Prime Minister of Albania and is most famous for leading the Albanian independence movement.
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Ismail Qemali
Founder and 1st Prime Minister of Albania
Ismail Qemali, or Ismail Kemal, (Albanian:[ismailcɛmali]ⓘ; 16 January 1844 – 26 January 1919), was an Albanian politician and statesman who is regarded as the founder of modern Albania. He served as the first prime minister of Albania from December 1912 until his resignation in January 1914.
Born in Vlorë to an Albanian noble family, Qemali developed an early interest in languages and later studied law in Istanbul. He travelled across Europe and returned to Albania after the Young Turk Revolution. He took part in the Congress of Ottoman Opposition. He played a major role in the Albanian revolt of 1912.
The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Qemali was elected leader of the Provisional Government of Albania by the All-Albanian Congress in November 1912. He became prime minister and foreign minister of Albania. He died in exile in Italy in 1919.
Early life
Ismail Qemali was born on 16 January 1844 in the city of Vlorë, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He compl
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Ismail Qemali (16 January 1844-26 January 1919) was Head of State of Albania from 1912 to 1914 (preceding Wilhelm, Prince of Albania) and Prime Minister of Albania from 4 December 1912 to 22 January 1914 (preceding Fejzi Alizoti).
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Ismail Qemali was born in Vlore, OttomanAlbania in 1844, and he moved to Istanbul in 1860 and entered the Ottoman civil service. He became a liberal reformist and became the governor of several towns in the Balkans, supporting the standardization of the Albanian alphabet and the creation of Albanian cultural organizations. His liberal policy recommendations caused friction with Sultan Abdulhamid II, and he spent 1900-1908 in exile in Western Europe, from which he promoted Albanian nationalism. He supported Italian intervention in the Balkans to check Austria-Hungary's growing power, and he called for reforms, minority rights, revolution, and European intervention in the Ottoman Empire. He returned to Albania after the Young Turk revolution, and he became an Ottoman Liberty Party deputy. However, he supported the Albanian revolts of 191