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Zog I of Albania

1895 - 1961

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Zog I (born 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, Zogolli 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 1,870,544 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Zog I of Albania is the 2,200th most popular politician (down from 1,161st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Albania (down from 6th in 2019) and the 11th 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 2,200 out of 19,576. Before him are Lee Teng-hui, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Paul-Henri Spaak, Æthelflæd, and Abaoji. After him are Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo, Aeschines, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Seleucus II Callinicus, and Amenemhat IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Zog I of Albania ranks 42. Before him are Wilhelm Burgdorf, László Moholy-Nagy, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Vladimir Propp, and William Giauque. After him are Igor Tamm, Buckminster Fuller, André Frédéric Cournand, Augusto César Sandino, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, and Stanley Rous. Among people deceased in 1961, Zog I of Albania ranks 17. Before him are Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Mohammed V of Morocco, Rafael Trujillo, Otto Loewi, Adnan Menderes, and Frantz Fanon. After him are Paul Landowski, Kurt Meyer, Luigi Einaudi, Dashiell Hammett, Maria of Yugoslavia, and Lee de Forest.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Zog I of Albania ranks 12 out of 150. Before him are Ismail Kadare (1936), Sali Berisha (1944), Charles III of Naples (1345), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), and Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450). After him are Naim Frashëri (1846), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), and Edi Rama (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Zog I of Albania ranks 11. Before him are Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Sali Berisha (1944), Charles III of Naples (1345), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), and Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450). After him are Lütfi Pasha (1488), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Edi Rama (1964), Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1580), and Ismail Qemali (1844).

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