Cen Elezi | |
Birth Name: | Hysen Elez Ndreu |
Birth Date: | 1884 |
Birth Place: | Lisvalle (Sllove), Dibër, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania) |
Death Date: | May 9, 1949 (aged 65) |
Death Place: | Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Albanian |
Other Names: | Cen Elez Ndreu |
Occupation: | Guerrilla fighter |
Known For: | Uprising of Dibra, 1912, Battle of Dibra, 1920 |
Cen Elezi was an Albanian bayraktar, Colonel and nationalist.
Cen Elez Ndreu was born in Sllovë, Dibër, Ottoman Empire (in modern Albania).[1] Ndreu was bayraktar of Dibra and Kolonel, he was son of Albanian well known patriot Elez Isuf Ndreu and grandson of Isuf Ndreu. He is considered as a nationalist figure of Albania.[2] Ndreu fought against Ottoman Empire alongside his father Isuf and people of Reç and liberated Peshkopi and The Greater Dibra.[1]
On 16 April, he took part in Albanian peace delegation that went to Rome.[3] In 1916 Elezi was selected to be part of Liberation Committee of Kosovo in Shkodër.