Shefqet Vërlaci

Shefqet Vërlaci was born on 15 December 1877 in Elbasan, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, now modern day central Albania, into an Albanian family.The Progressive Party included some North Albanian clan chiefs and prominent Muslim landowners as its members.[4] In late 1922, Ahmed Zogu became engaged to Vërlaci's daughter, winning his support and the position of Prime Minister.[6] During Fan Noli's regime that followed, a special tribunal created by the government condemned Vërlaci to death in absentia along with the confiscation of all his property.[why?]After being crowned King of Albania in 1928, Zogu broke his engagement with Vërlaci's daughter and instead married Countess Géraldine, of the noble Apponyi family.
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