Bajram Fevziu (1884–1928) was an Albanian army officer and politician who served as the 4th

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of the

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and as

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in the Sacred Union Government of

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Biography

Bajram Fevziu was born in March 1884 in Vodenë, present day

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, then part of the

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. He finished his high school education in

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(also at the time in the

) and in 1906, graduated from the Higher Military Academy in

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. In 1908, he completed his two-year studies in

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and was sent to the military Staff College in

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where he remained for another two years. He returned to

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in 1914 and joined the "National Wing" () organization. In 1919 he served as deputy prefect of

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. On March 18, 1920, Fevziu became an advisor to then mayor of

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, Musa Juka. On November 14, 1920, he was named deputy prefect in

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. In 1921 he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in the Sacred Union Government of

. During the period from 1921 until 1923 he served as deputy representing the Popular Party in the National Council. In 1922 he was named prefect of

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. From 1922 to 1923, he served as chairman of the Albanian military commission at the International Borders Commission for the delimitation of Albania's borders. From August 1923 to December 1924, Fevziu served as Chief of the General Staff of the Army. In 1928 he became severely ill and was sent to a hospital in Vienna for treatment, where he eventually passed away.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fevziu, Bajram Government ministers of Albania Interior ministers of Albania People from Kolonjë Albanian generals 1884 births 1928 deaths Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire Expatriates from the Ottoman Empire in Austria-Hungary