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 to serve as

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. 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

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(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 Durrës. 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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