1. Omer Nishani's brother, Beso, was a teacher whose students included a young Enver Hoxha.
11 Facts About Omer Nishani
2.
Omer Nishani studied medicine in Istanbul, graduating but not practicing it as a profession.
3.
Omer Nishani worked as a physician in Vienna and from 1915 to 1918, worked in Ballsh.
4.
Omer Nishani moved to Tirana in the Tirana Hospital and then in Durres until 1924.
5.
Omer Nishani participated in an assassination attempt on Ahmet Zogu in 1924 and served two weeks in prison.
6.
Omer Nishani participated in a trial held against Zogu in absentia.
7.
Omer Nishani settled in Vienna and married an Austrian, Rozvita von Woler.
8.
In September 1943 Omer Nishani was made Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Liberation General Council, and at the Congress of Permet in May 1944 he was made Chairman of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation Council and in charge of foreign affairs.
9.
On January 11,1946 Omer Nishani became Chairman of the Constituent Assembly which on March 16 was transformed into the People's Assembly of the People's Republic of Albania.
10.
Omer Nishani, who was not a member of the ruling Party of Labour of Albania, served as the first Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly.
11.
Omer Nishani was a distant relative of the seventh President of Albania Bujar Nishani.