Cen Elezi was an Albanian bayraktar,

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and nationalist.

Biography

Cen Elez Ndreu was born in

Sllovë Sllovë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dibër. The population at the 2011 census was 2,405.

, Dibër,

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(in modern

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). Ndreu was bayraktar of Dibra and Kolonel, he was son of Albanian well known patriot Elez Isuf Ndreu and grandson of Isuf Ndreu. He is considered as a nationalist figure of Albania. Ndreu fought against Ottoman Empire alongside his father Isuf and people of

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and liberated

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and The Greater Dibra. On 16 April, he took part in Albanian peace delegation that went to Rome. In 1916 Elezi was selected to be part of Liberation Committee of Kosovo in

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...

References

Albanian anti-communists 1884 births Colonels (military rank) 1949 deaths People from Dibër (municipality) People from Manastir vilayet Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire {{Albania-bio-stub