Filip Noga ( Shiroka, 1867Shkodra Daily (in Albanian)
or 1868 – Raguza, April 1917) was an

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politician, and Minister of Finance of the country for four months in 1914. He is also known as Philippe Nogga.

Biography

He was born to a North Albanian Catholic family. He studied at a commercial secondary school in

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from 1888 to 1890. He got a job in

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in the financial sector. There he was involved with the Albanian patriotic circles. At the same time he wrote publications and he was the local representative of the French publishing house ''Liberté''. Following the

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's declaration, in November 1912, he moved back to his original country. Together with

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, returning to Albanian in August 1913 to report to the Provisional Government. From 20 May to 3 September he was the Minister of Finance in

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's Cabinet.

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who traveled with him described him as a "linguist and musician". At the outbreak of

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he moved to Wien. He died during a trip to

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References

Sources

*Saplár-Degovics Krisztián: Az albán nemzettéválás kezdetei (1878–1913): A Rilindja és az államalapítás korszaka. Budapest: ELTE BTK Történelemtudományok Doktori Iskola. 2010. 313., 316. o. {{DEFAULTSORT:Noga, Filip Government ministers of Albania Finance ministers of Albania 1860s births 1917 deaths Politicians from Shkodër 19th-century Albanian people 20th-century Albanian people People from Scutari vilayet Albanian economists Albanian Roman Catholics Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire