Xhemil Dino

Xhemil Dino (21 December 1894 – 2 July 1972) was an Albanian politician and diplomat.^[1]

Xhemil Dino
17th Foreign Affairs Minister of Albania
In office 12 April 1939 – 25 May 1939
Preceded by	Ekrem Libohova
Succeeded by	Bahri Omari
Personal details
Born	(1894-12-21)21 December 1894 Preveza, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece)
Died	2 July 1972(1972-07-02) (aged 77) Madrid, Spanish State
Occupation	politician, diplomat
Profession	civil servant
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He was born in Preveza in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire on 21 December 1894 to a branch of the notable Dino family of the area. He studied in Galatasaray High School and after the declaration of independence of Albania he was elected deputy of Dibër. He was a delegate from Albania to the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Assembly of the League of Nations (1925–1927). He became ambassador of Albania to the United Kingdom in 1932.^[2]

During the era of the monarchy King Zog appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs. During the Italian occupation of Albania Xhemil Dino was given the rank of an ambassador in the Italian service. After occupied by the Axis forces (1941–1944), Xhemil Dino was appointed the High Commissioner of Thesprotia (Cameria) and actively collaborated with the Italian and German forces.^[3] He fled Albania at the end of 1944. He finally went to exile in Franco's Spain in 1945. He died on 2 July 1972 in Madrid and was buried in Rome.

References

1. Dervishi, Kastriot (2012). Kryeministrat dhe ministrat e shtetit shqiptar në 100 vjet. Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese "55". p. 272. ISBN 978-9994356225. OCLC 861296248.
2. Krasniqi, Afrim. Sistemet Politike në Shqipëri (1912–2008) (2nd ed.). Tiranë: Shtypshkronja "EMAL". ISBN 978-99956-19-36-7.
3. Hermann Frank Meyer. Blutiges Edelweiß: die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Ch. Links Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-447-1.