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Ypi ( January 12, 1880, Starje – December 17, 1940) was an

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. A member of the Ypi family of

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, he was educated at a university in

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. In 1920–1921 he was Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice. He also held the position of Minister of Public Instruction. As the leader of the Popular Party, in late December 1921 he formed a government where Fan S. Noli was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ahmed Zogu was the Minister of Internal Affairs. Until December 4, 1922, Ypi was Prime Minister; in 1922, after Noli's resignation, he was also acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. From December 2, 1922, to January 31, 1925, Ypi was a member of the

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(the collegial Head of State, formally for William of Wied). In June 1924 he left Albania because of Noli's revolt, but he kept holding the post formally. During Zogu's reign, Ypi was Chief Inspector of the Royal Court. After King Zog had fled after Italian occupation, from April 9 to April 12 Ypi was Chairman and Plenipotentiary for Justice of the Provisional Administration Committee, and as such acting head of state. From April 12, he was the Minister of Justice in Shefqet Verlaci's government. He was killed near his hometown by an aerial bomb during the

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. His great-granddaughter is the Albanian philosopher and writer Lea Ypi.

Sources

O.S. Pearson, ''Albania and King Zog''
I.B. Tauris. 2005 ().

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ypi, Xhafer 1880 births 1940 deaths People from Kolonjë Albanian Sufis Albanian Fascist Party politicians Government ministers of Albania Prime ministers of Albania Albanian collaborators with Fascist Italy Albanian diplomats Bektashi Order Second Congress of Manastir delegates Justice ministers of Albania Interior ministers of Albania State auditors of Albania Xhafer People of the Greco-Italian War Deaths by Greek airstrikes during World War II

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