Nexhati Libohova (Ismailati) (Libohovë, 1877 – Shkallnur, May 26, 1915) was an Albanian politician, active in the early independence period. A former

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in the

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, he later joined the government of

Essad Pasha Toptani Essad Toptani (1863/1875 – 13 June 1920) was an Albanian politician who served as the third prime minister of Albania from 1914 to 1916. He previously established the Republic of Central Albania based in Durrës. An Ottoman army officer, he ...

to serve as Minister of Finances. He held the post for less than a year, having been assassinated by Osman Bali over a political dispute with the head of the government, Essad Pasha.

Biography

Nexhati Libohova was born in

Libohovë Libohovë ( sq-definite, Libohova) is a town and a municipality in southern Albania. It is overlooked by Libohovë Castle and has a main street with views across the Drino valley. Libohovë is at the foot of the Mount Bureto, Bureto Mountain. The r ...

(present day

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) in 1877. He graduated from the Hukúk Faculty of Law in

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in 1904 and subsequently was appointed as a judge in the justice system of the Ottoman Empire from 1904 to 1913. In 1913, he returned to Albania and began working as personal secretary to prime minister

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in the

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. The following year, he was named deputy prefect and then prefect of

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. During this time, he was approached by the Eldership of Durrës led by Essad Pasha Toptani who persuaded him to switch political allegiances by offering him a high ranking position in the soon to be formed Toptani Cabinet. Libohova began his term as Minister of Finances on October 5, 1914. Due to internal conflicts within the government, his personal frictions with interior minister

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and his own pro

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stance, the prime minister ordered him to be eliminated. He was taken to the village of Shkallnuer, in the outskirts of Durrës, where he was tortured and beaten to death.

References

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