Sulejman Delvina

Sulejman Delvina (5 October 1884, Delvinë - 1 August 1933, Vlorë) was an Albanian politician and prime minister from March to November 1920.

Sulejman Delvina was born in Delvinë, modern southern Albania on October 5, 1871. In 1899 he graduated from the Mekteb-i Mülkiye (modern Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University). He married the sister of Xhafer Villa, later Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In 1919 he was the representative of the Albanian communities of the Ottoman Empire in the Paris Peace Conference. In 1924 Sulejman Delvina was one of the leaders of the revolution that overthrew the regime of Zog I, King of Albania and established a democratic government. Fan S. Noli became the new Prime Minister, while Sulejman Delvina was part of the new cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

He died on August 1, 1933 in Vlorë.

The Congress of Lushnjë held from January 28 to January 31, 1920 in Lushnjë. The congress declared the Durrës government invalid and formed a new cabinet under Sulejman Delvina.

The cabinet of Delvina:

• Sulejman Delvina, Prime Minister
• Ahmet Zogu – Minister of Internal Affairs
• Mehmet Konica – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Kadri Prishtina – Minister of Justice
• Ndoc Çoba – Minister of Finance
• Sotir Peçi – Minister of Education
• Ali Riza Kolonja – Minister of War
• Eshref Frashëri – General Director of Public Works
• Idhomene Kosturi – General Director of the Post-Telegraph Agency.