Elderly Assembly Explained
The Elderly Assembly (Albanian: Pleqënia) was a senate of Albania which independence was declared on 28 November 1912 in Vlorë (then Ottoman Empire, today Republic of Albania). The senate was established on the 4 December 1912 by the Assembly of Vlorë. It was composed of 18 members of the assembly and had advisory role to the government of Albania.[1]
All provinces of the independent Albania were represented by its members in the senate:[2] [3]
- Kosovo: Salih Gjuka, Bedri Pejani, Hajdin bej Draga,
- Monastir: Vehbi Dibra
- Shkodër: Hajredin bej Cakrani, Shefqet bej Daiu, Dervish Biçaku, Xhelal bej Koprencka, Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, Murat bej Toptani,
- Janina: Babë Dud Karbunara, Veli Këlcyra, Kristo Meksi, Eqerem bej Vlora, Ilias Bey Vrioni, Sami Bey Vrioni,
- Albanian colony of Bucharest: Dhimitër Zografi, Dhimitër Berati
Notes and References
- Book: Giaro
, Tomasz
. Modernisierung durch Transfer zwischen den Weltkriegen. https://books.google.com/books?id=dmrRCdTQBTcC&pg=PA185 . January 24, 2011. 2007. Vittorio Klosterman GmbH. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 978-3-465-04017-0. 185. The Albanian legal and constitutional system between the World Wars. From its own members congress elected a senate (Pleqësi), composed of 18 members, which assumed advisory role to the government..
- Book: Schmidt-Neke, Michael. Enstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien, 1912-1939. 5 February 2012. 1987. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. 978-3-486-54321-6. 321. Senat (Pleqësi) von 1912....
- Web site: Dokumenta historike për t'i shërbye historiës tone kombëtare. . Lef . Nosi . Lef Nosi . 6 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141012090220/http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts20_1/AH1912_1.html . 12 October 2014 .
