Sami Bey Vrioni was a politician, diplomat

Diplomat

A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...

, and a minister of Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

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Biography

Sami Bey Vrioni was a member of the great Bey family of Berat

Berat

Berat is a town located in south-central Albania. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of around 71,000 people. It is the capital of both the District of Berat and the larger County of Berat...

, Fier

Fier

Fieri is a city in southwest Albania, in the district and county of the same name. It is located at , and has a population of 82,297 . Fier is from the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia.-History :...

 and Myzeqe, formerly cities and regions of the Ottoman Province of Ioannina

Ioannina

Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...

, presently in Albania.

He was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence

Albanian Declaration of Independence

The Albanian Declaration of Independence is the declaration of independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire. Albania was proclaimed independent in Vlorë on November 28, 1912.-Background:...

 in 1912. Served as Senator and three times as Minister of the Albanian State. Arrested by the communist dictatorship that took power in 1944, Sami Bey Vrioni died under torture in 1947.

Political Activity

• Signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
  Albanian Declaration of Independence
  The Albanian Declaration of Independence is the declaration of independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire. Albania was proclaimed independent in Vlorë on November 28, 1912.-Background:...
  
   in 1912
• Minister of Agriculture: December 1918 - ?
• Minister of Foreign Affairs: 1918 - 1920
• Minister of Internal Affairs: 1919 - ?

See also

• Ilias Bey Vrioni
• Omar Pasha Vrioni II
  Omar Pasha Vrioni II
  -Biography:Omer Pasha Vrioni II, 1839-1928. Member of the great Bey family of Berat, Fier and Myzeqe, formerly cities and regions of the Ottoman Province of Ioannina, presently in Albania....
  
  
• Albanian Declaration of Independence
  Albanian Declaration of Independence
  The Albanian Declaration of Independence is the declaration of independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire. Albania was proclaimed independent in Vlorë on November 28, 1912.-Background:...