Essad Toptani

Essad Pasha Toptani
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, c. 1913
3rd Prime Minister of Albania
In office 5 October 1914 (1914-10-05) – 27 January 1916 (1916-01-27)[1]
Monarch	Wilhelm
Preceded by	Turhan Përmeti
Succeeded by	Turhan Përmeti
2nd Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 14 March 1914 (1914-03-14) – 20 June 1914 (1914-06-20)
Monarch	Prince Wilhelm
Prime Minister	Turhan Përmeti
Preceded by	Mufid Libohova
Succeeded by	Hasan Prishtina
2nd Minister of War
In office 14 March 1914 (1914-03-14) – 20 June 1914 (1914-06-20)
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]