Hasan Prishtina

حسن برشتينة

1873 CE · 1290 AH† – 13 August 1933 CE · 1352 AH †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Vushtrri → Salonik (Thessaloniki) → Kukës

Albanian politician born Hasan Berisha at Vushtrri: an Ottoman deputy who led the 1912 uprising in Kosovo and framed its Fourteen Points, and prime minister of Albania in December 1921; assassinated at Thessaloniki in 1933.

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Roles: Politician
Region: Anatolia
Identifiers: Wikidata

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Summary

Hasan Prishtina (1873 – 13 August 1933), born Hasan Berisha at Vushtrri, was an Albanian politician who moved from the Ottoman parliament to lead the movement for Albanian autonomy and statehood.¹² Educated at the French gymnasium in Thessaloniki and in politics and law at Istanbul, he was elected to the Ottoman parliament in 1908 and took the name of his constituency; in 1912 he led the uprising in Kosovo and framed the Fourteen Points of Albanian demands presented to the Ottoman government.¹

After independence he served as a minister in Ismail Qemal's government, headed the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo from Rome, and in December 1921 became prime minister of Albania for a few days before Ahmet Zogu forced him out.¹ Driven into exile by Zogu, he settled in Thessaloniki, where he was shot dead in a café on 13 August 1933.¹³