Lef Nosi

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Lef Nosi
Minister of Post-Telegraphs
In office
4 December 1912 – 21 February 1914
Minister of Economy and Social Relations
In office
1918–1919
Member of the High Regency Council of the Albanian Kingdom (1943–44)
In office
16 October 1943 – 28 November 1944
Personal details
Born
Elefter Nosi

(1877-04-09)9 April 1877
Elbasan, Manastir Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania)
Died20 February 1946(1946-02-20) (aged 68)
Tirana, People's Republic of Albania
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Political partyBalli Kombëtar
RelationsPolikseni Nosi (sister), Vasil Nosi (nephew), Sokrat Dodbiba, (nephew), Jani Dodbiba (nephew)
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Lef Nosi (born Elefter Nosi; 9 April 1877 – 20 February 1946) was an Albanian publisher, archivist, philologist, folklorist, ethnographer, numismatist, archaeologist and politician. On 28 November 1912, he was as one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, representing Elbasan. During the Second World War, Nosi was a leading member of Balli Kombëtar and was chosen as a member of the Albanian High Council.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Lef Nosi was born on 9 April 1877 of a wealthy Orthodox Christian, Albanian family in Elbasan, back then the Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, today modern Albania. He supported the Congress of Elbasan in August 1909 and was director of the respected Normal School (Shkolla Normale) in his native town. On 25 March 1910, he began editing the weekly newspaper Tomorri (Tomorr). Nosi was also a committee member of the Albanian club in Elbasan.[1] During the Albanian revolt of 1912 Nosi was one of two delegates representing Elbasan sent to Kosovo that partook in negotiations between Albanian rebels and the Ottoman state regarding Albanian sociopolitical and cultural interests.[2]

Retirement from politics[edit]

Despite being born as an orthodox Christian of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Nosi had longed to form an autocephalous orthodox church of Albania. Lef Nosi was Noli's old friend who had helped Noli when he became a priest.[3] Lef Nosi helped Noli form the Albanian Orthodox Church within Albania and had wished that Fan Noli was bishop and head of the church.[3]

World War II[edit]

The assembly under Nosi passed a series of decrees that fundamentally altered Albanian's Italian-established constitution. The union with Italy was officially dissolved; many of the laws passed after the Italian invasion were revoked; and Albania was declared free, neutral and independent.[4]

He resigned from the position in October 1944 when German troops were evacuating Albania and it became evident that the communist partisans would soon take control.

Arrest and death[edit]

Lef Nosi was arrested while endeavouring to flee from Tirana where he had been hiding for some time. He had previously been pursued for three days in Elbasan, but he escaped, assisted by his wealthy nephew Vasil Nosi. Vasil then fell into the hands of Koci Xoxe, who tortured him by boiling his feet until he betrayed his uncle's hiding-place.[5]

Lef Nosi was brought to trial in February 1946, led by general judge Irakli Bozo[6] and prosecuted by Misto Treska.[6][7] Along with Anton Harapi and former prime minister Maliq bey Bushati, Nosi was condemned to death by communist Albania.[7]

References[edit]

  • "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science.ISBN 99927-1-623-1
  1. ^ Skendi 1967, p. 380.
  2. ^ Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 434. ISBN 9781400847761.
  3. ^ a b Ines Angjeli Murzaku (2009). Returning Home to Rome: The Basilian Monks of Grottaferrata in Albania. Analekta Kryptoferris. ISBN 9788889345047. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  4. ^ Bernd Jürgen Fischer (1999). Albania at War, 1939-1945. Hurst. ISBN 9781850655312. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  5. ^ Owen Pearson (27 January 2006). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume II: Albania in Occupation and War. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781845111045. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Persekutimi dhe ekzekutimi i Lef Nosit nga diktatura komuniste" [The persecution and execution of Lef Noso by communist dictatorship]. Observatori (in Albanian). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. ^ a b Owen Pearson (15 April 2007). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume III: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy, 1945-99. I.B.Tauris. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84511-105-2. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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