Sulejman Delvina

Sulejman Delvina, also known as Sylejman Fehmi (5 October 1871 – 1 August 1932), was an Albanian politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Albania from 30 January to 14 November 1920.

Life and career

Early life

Sulejman Delvina was born on 5 October 1871 in the city of the same name, Delvinë, then Ottoman Empire. His father Selim bey came from a family of high status in the area which is evidenced by the honorific title Bey that Sulejman himself, his father Selim and his brother Namik Delvina held. He studied in the rüşdiye (Middle school) at the Zosimaia School in Ioannina, while completed his university studies at the Mekteb-i Mülkiye for Public Administration in Istanbul, from where he graduated in the class of 1899. In the same year he began to serve as an officer in the Ottoman Ministry of Interior. In May 1901, he became a professor of Ottoman literature at Vefa Idadi school in Istanbul, and from September 1905 onwards he held the same post at the prestigious Galatasaray High School. In 1916, in addition to being a professor, he resumed work in the Ministry of the Interior until the signing of the Armistice of Mudros. 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 1 August 1932 in Vlorë.