Mit’hat Frashëri

(1880-1949)

Albanian diplomat and poet

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Mid'hat Frashëri (also known by his nom de plume as Lumo Skëndo; Turkish: Fraşerli Mithat Bey; 25 March 1880, Janina, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 3 October 1949, Long Island, New York) was an Albanian diplomat, writer and politician. The son of Abdyl Frashëri, one of the most important activists of the Albanian National Awakening in 1908 he participated in the Congress of Monastir. In 1942 he became the president of Balli Kombëtar (National Front), an Albanian anti-fascist and anti-communist resistance movement. Frashëri was one among others, a father of Albanian Nationalism.

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Born	25 March 1880 Ioannina, Greece, then Ottoman Empire
Died	3 October 1949 (aged 69) Lexington Avenue, New York City, United States
Zodiac	Aries
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