Azix Vrioni | |
Order: | 4th Minister of Public Works |
Term Start: | 5 October 1914 |
Term End: | 27 January 1916 |
Predecessor: | Mid'hat Frashëri |
Successor: | Sami Vrioni |
Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies in the General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire |
1Blankname2: | Sultan |
1Namedata2: | Abdülhamid II Mehmed V |
2Blankname2: | Grand Vizier |
2Namedata2: | Kâmil Pasha Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha Ahmet Tevfik Pasha Ibrahim Hakki Pasha Mehmed Said Pasha |
Constituency2: | Sanjak of Avlona |
Birth Date: | 1859 |
Birth Place: | Berat, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania) |
Death Date: | 1920 |
Children: | Hysen Vrioni (son) |
Aziz Pasha Vrioni (1859–1920) was an Ottoman-Albanian politician of the early 20th century. He was a member of the Ottoman Parliament representing Berat,[1] and Albanian Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture and of Mines.[2]
He was born in Berat, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania), member of the influential and well-known Vrioni family. Aziz Pasha Vrioni got involved in the Albanian preparations in the eve of the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. He carried over various ministries of the Albanian governments after.
During the turmoils of 1914 he organized his men into local militia, fighting against the Islamic Peasant Rebels and Greek insurgents. After failing to defend Lushnja, he was shortly arrested by the government of Turhan Pasha Përmeti, accusing him of conspiracy and collaboration with the rebels.
In October 1914, he joined the government of Essad Pasha Toptani in Durrës and was elected General Director of the Administration.