Essad Pasha Toptani | |
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![]() Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, c. 1913 | |
3rd Prime Minister of Albania | |
In office 5 October 1914 – 27 January 1916[1] | |
Monarch | Wilhelm |
Preceded by | Turhan Përmeti |
Succeeded by | Turhan Përmeti |
2nd Minister of Internal Affairs | |
In office 14 March 1914 – 20 June 1914 | |
Monarch | Prince Wilhelm |
Prime Minister | Turhan Përmeti |
Preceded by | Mufid Libohova |
Succeeded by | Hasan Prishtina |
2nd Minister of War | |
In office 14 March 1914 – 20 June 1914 | |
Monarch | Prince Wilhelm |
Prime Minister | Turhan Përmeti |
Preceded by | Mehmet Deralla |
Succeeded by | Kara Seit Pasha |
Personal details | |
Born | 1863 or 1875 Tirana, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania) |
Died | 13 June 1920 (aged 44-57) Paris, France |
Manner of death | Assassination by Avni Rustemi |
Relations | Gani Toptani (brother), Nejre Toptani (sister), Sabushe Toptani (sister), Merushe Toptani (sister), Shefikat Hanëm Alizoti (aunt), Aqif Pasha Biçakçiu (first cousin), Ibrahim Biçakçiu (son of first cousin), Sadije Toptani (cousin), Zog I of Albania (cousin), Toptani family, Thopia family (possibly) |
Parent(s) | Ali Toptani (father), Vasfije Alizoti (mother) |
Signature | ![]() |
Military service | |
Battles/wars | Greco-Turkish War (1897) Albanian revolt of 1912 First Balkan War Siege of Scutari (1912–1913) World War I in Albania |
Essad Toptani (1863/4[2] or 1875[3] – 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 served as the Albanian deputy in the Ottoman Parliament and later cooperated with the Balkan League after the Balkan Wars.[4][5]
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