Vrioni
Vrioni (definite Albanian form: Vrioni) is a surname. The Vrioni family is an Ottoman family from Vrioni of Berat which was one of the biggest landowners in Albania, most of their lands being in the area around Berat[1] and in the Myzeqe region. They served for several generations as beys of Berat and also held important functions in the Ottoman administration.[2] They are distinguished record in the battles in Egypt against Napoleon, and during the Greek War of Independence.[3]
Notable people with the name include:
- Omer Pasha Vrioni, Ottoman Pasha during the Greek Revolution
- Kahreman Pasha Vrioni I, son of Omer Pasha Vrioni, founder of Fier
- Ymer Pasha Vrioni (1839-1928), known as Omar Pasha Vrioni II, co-founder of Fier, politician
- Kahreman Pasha Vrioni II (1889-1955), son of Ymer Pasha Vrioni
- Mehmet Ali Vrioni, member of the Albanian Committee of Janina
- Aziz Pasha Vrioni (1859-1919), Ottoman - Albanian politician
- Iliaz Bey Vrioni (1882 – 1932), Albanian politician
- Hysen Bey Vrioni, Albanian Minister of Justice 1921-1922, 1922-1924, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1925-1928, 1931-1932
- Sami Bey Vrioni (1876–1947), delegate of the Assembly of Vlora, November 28, 1912
- Qemal Bey Vrioni (1885-1946), Albanian politician of 1930s and 1940s.
- Nyzhet Bey Vrioni, Albanian politician of early 20th-century
- Isuf Vrioni (1916 - 2001), Albanian translator, diplomat, Albanian Ambassador to UNESCO
- Dylber Vrioni, Albanian deputy Prime Minister of post-communist era
References
- Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë (1970), Deuxième Conférence des études albanologiques: à l'occasion du 5e centenaire de la mort de Georges Kastriote-Skanderbeg, 2, Tirana: Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës, p. 111
- Robert Elsie (2010), A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History (2 ed.), Scarecrow Press Inc., p. 135, ISBN 978-0810861886
- Finlay, George (1861). History of the Greek Revolution. London: William Blackwood and Sons. p. 89.
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