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Zog I of Albania

1895 - 1961

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Zog I (Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 1895 – 9 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever Prime Minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as king (1928–1939). Born to a beylik family in Ottoman Albania, Zog was active in Albanian politics from a young age and fought on the side of Austria-Hungary during the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zog I of Albania has received more than 1,796,453 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Zog I of Albania is the 1,163rd most popular politician (up from 1,302nd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Albania and the 6th most popular Albanian Politician.

Zog I was the king of Albania from 1928 to 1939. He is most famous for his reign and for the reforms he instituted.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zog I of Albania ranks 1,163 out of 15,577Before him are William II of England, Jens Stoltenberg, Simeon I of Bulgaria, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Patrice de MacMahon, and Gyeongjong of Joseon. After him are Algirdas, Frederick III of Denmark, Roh Moo-hyun, Ælla of Northumbria, Al-Walid I, and Túpac Amaru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Zog I of Albania ranks 21Before him are Max Horkheimer, Semyon Timoshenko, Amin al-Husseini, Paul Hindemith, Paul Éluard, and Dolores Ibárruri. After him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Henrik Dam, Sergei Yesenin, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Babe Ruth, and Gerhard Domagk. Among people deceased in 1961, Zog I of Albania ranks 11Before him are Patrice Lumumba, Gary Cooper, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emily Greene Balch, and Jules Bordet. After him are Rafael Trujillo, Adnan Menderes, Frantz Fanon, Mohammed V of Morocco, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Kurt Meyer.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Zog I of Albania ranks 6 out of 111Before him are Skanderbeg (1405), Enver Hoxha (1908), Safiye Sultan (1550), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), and Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750). After him are Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Ramiz Alia (1924), Ismail Kadare (1936), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), and Koca Sinan Pasha (1520).

Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Zog I of Albania ranks 6Before him are Skanderbeg (1405), Enver Hoxha (1908), Safiye Sultan (1550), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), and Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750). After him are Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Ramiz Alia (1924), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), and Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483).