15 Facts About Bedri Pejani

Bedri Pejani was 20th century Albanian politician.

Bedri Pejani's family were a part of the Thaci tribe.

Bedri Pejani was active in the Nationalist Movement of Albanians in the Skopje region against the Young Turk administration in 1908.

Bedri Pejani was condemned to death by the Ottoman military court, and according to Sejfi Vllamasi's memories he passed a psychological shock which would affect him later.

Bedri Pejani was a delegate at the Congress of Monastir of 1908, and President of the Second Congress of Manastir.

At the age of 27 Bedri Pejani became a signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence.

Bedri Pejani represented there the regions of Plav, Gusinje, Gjakova, and Peja, and signed under the name "Bedri Pejani".

Bedri Pejani was one of the founding members of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo, founded in Shkoder in November 1918.

Bedri Pejani feared an assassination attempt from Zog's side and had another psychological breakdown.

Bedri Pejani was sent in a psychiatric hospital in Naples, returning shortly after being recovered.

Bedri Pejani was one of the main participants of the June Revolution in 1924, fleeing Albania after the Conservative forces overthrew Noli's government.

Bedri Pejani was a member of Comintern and kept continuous correspondence with it under the nickname Emoraj.

Bedri Pejani came back to Albania where he was arrested for anti-fascist and bolshevist activity and imprisoned in Porto-Romano near Durres.

Bedri Pejani's idea was that "the Albanians should be armed, so the end of the war, which was near, didn't find them unprepared and with hands up".

In 1946, Bedri Pejani was captured by the Albanian partisans and handed over to the Yugoslav side after having confessed in 13 pages his actions and beliefs and handed over to Petro Marko.