Name Refo Capari Died 1944 | Role Politician | |
Refo Capari (1884–1944) was an Albanian politician and religious leader. Capari was the first prefect of the Vlore County and the first biographer of Ismail Qemali. He is considered to be the introducer of the Baha'i Faith in Albania.
Life
A member of the Capari family he was born in modern northwestern Greece (Cameria). In the late 1900s he graduated from the law school of Istanbul. After the Albanian Declaration of Independence Capari became the first prefect of the Vlore County. During World War I Refo Capari migrated to the USA, where he converted to the Baha'i Faith in 1928. In 1931 he returned to Korce in Albania, where he translated Baha'i texts into Albanian. In 1938 he started publishing in Korce and Tirane the Baha'i journal The supreme plume (Albanian: Penda siprore).