Nationality Albanian Occupation Entrepreneur, merchant Role Albanian Politician | Citizenship Ottoman, Romanian Name Dhimiter Mborja Died 1945, Bucharest, Romania | |
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Full Name Dhimiter Emanoil Born 1884 Mborje, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Other names Dhimiter Emanoili
Dhimiter Mborja
Dimitri Emanuel
Dimitri Mola Known for Albanian Declaration of Independence
Albanian Colony of Bucharest
Albanian Congress of Trieste | ||
Dhimiter Mborja Emanoili (1884–1945) was an Albanian politician, businessman and benefactor. He was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence as a representative of the Albanian community of Romania.
Life
Dhimiter Mborja was born in Mborje, modern Korce District (then part of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire) in 1884. At the age of sixteen, with his father, Viske and his brothers emigrated to Bucharest. Their house in Mborje was donated in order to house the Albanian-language school of the village. In 1908 he joined the Dituria association of Korce. Mborja emigrated to Bucharest where his name appears as the owner of a "Carpati" club and the leader of the Albanian community there. On November 5, 1912, he was elected by the Albanian community of Bucharest to become a representative of the Albanians of Romania in the assembly of Vlore, where he signed the Albanian Declaration of Independence as "D. Emanuel".
His brother, Pandeli was an adjutant of Ismail Qemali during that period, while his younger brother, Nuc served under Themistokli Germenji. Mborja also donated 1,000 gold napoleons to the ministry of finances of the provisional government.
Mborja as a delegate of the Bucharest colony at the Albanian Congress of Trieste in 1913.
In 1915 he was elected a councillor of the Albanian Orthodox Community of Bucharest organization, which also operated an Albanian-language school in the city. In 1919-21 he donated his mansion in Korce to house the Albanian National Lyceum. A supporter of Fan Noli, he participated in the 1924 June Revolution that overthrew Ahmet Zogu's regime. After Zogu's return, he was self-exiled. Mborja died in 1945 in Bucharest.
On November 27, 1992 he was posthumously awarded the "Medal for Patriotic Activity" (Albanian: Medalje Per Veprimtari Patriotike), which was received by his descendants in Korce.