Republic of Mirdita

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Republic of Mirdita 1921 Flag Capital Prizren Government Republic President Gjon Markagjoni History  - Established July 17, 1921  - Disestablished November 20, 1921

The Republic of Mirdita was a short-lived unrecognized republic declared in northern Albania by Gjon Markagjoni and his followers. It existed between July 17 and November 20, 1921.

Yugoslavia backed Markagjoni who led his Roman Catholic Mirditë tribesmen in a rebellion against the Albanian regency and parliament established after the World War I. He proclaimed in Prizren the founding of an independent "Republic of Mirdita". Markagjoni was the only president of the republic.

As the republic violated the sovereignty of the Albanian state, Albanian government troops fought and eventually extinguished the republic.

Mirdita is a region in Albania that took its name from the widely used Albanian greeting, Good day.

[edit] Government

• President: Gjon Markagjoni
• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Andon Ashiku
• Minister of War: Prenk Lleshi
• Minister of Home Affairs: Zef Ndoci

[edit] See also

• Mirditë District
• Former countries in Europe after 1815
• Albania

[edit] References

• WorldStatesmen
• Proclamation