Sejfi Vllamasi was an Albanian congressman and well-known politician during the first half of the 20th century.
11 Facts About Sejfi Vllamasi
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Sejfi Vllamasi was born in the village of Novosele, in Kolonje, Albania.
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Sejfi Vllamasi was the initial leader of the Populist Party together with Pandeli Evangjeli and Eshref Frasheri.
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Sejfi Vllamasi took part in the June Revolution of 1924 to overthrow the rightist government.
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Sejfi Vllamasi has been accused of participating in the anti-royalist movement during his exile in Vienna.
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Sejfi Vllamasi was a founding member of the "Bashkimi Kombetar" organization, one of the organizations that collected many anti-Zog politicians in exile.
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Sejfi Vllamasi was one of the organizers of the assassination attempt on Zogu in Vienna.
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Sejfi Vllamasi was arrested by the Austrian police, released shortly after and deported from Austria.
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Sejfi Vllamasi had an extremely difficult life during the communist rule of the Albanian Party of Labour, being imprisoned and forced to work even in his old age.
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Sejfi Vllamasi's memoirs, titled Ballafaqime politike ne Shqiperi, reveal him to be an open critic of other personalities like Luigj Gurakuqi and some of the Kosovar irredentists, and even the line of action followed by Noli and the opposition of the early 1920s.
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Sejfi Vllamasi's memoirs are a vast source of information on the politics of early 20th-century Albania and on many Albanian personalities of that time.