Preceded by Sulejman Delvina Preceded by Fan S. Noli Name Iliaz Vrioni Died 1932, Paris, France | Preceded by Shefqet Bej Verlaci Religion Sunni Islam Role Albanian Politician Succeeded by Pandeli Evangjeli | |
 | ||
Iliaz Vrioni (1882 – March 17, 1932) was an Albanian politician and land owner. He served as Prime Minister of Albania three times.
Contents
Biography
Iliaz Vrioni, was born in 1882 in Berat, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire and died in Paris in 1932. Member of the great Bey family of Berat, Fier and Myzeqe, formerly cities and regions of the Ottoman Province of Ioannina, presently in Albania. Son of Mehmet Ali Pasha Vrioni, a high dignitary of the administration of the Ottoman Empire.
Iliaz Vrioni was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. He served three times as Prime Minister and five times as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He died in Paris in 1932, while serving his second mandate as the Plenipotentiary Minister of the Kingdom of Albania to Paris and London.
Iliaz Vrioni was decorated in 1920s with the order of Grand officier de la Legion d'honneur of the French Republic.