Word: zogu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Premier Ahmed Zogu, who recently began to joust with the Bishop Premier and Harvard Graduate Fan Stylian Noli, in an effort to oust him (TIME, Dec. 22), won the tournament. Premier Noli, with his cabinet, general staff and "a lot of money," fled the country last week into Italy and was Premier no more. He charged that Yugo-Slavia had aided Zogu...
...June, Bishop Fan Stylian Noli, Harvard graduate, ousted Premier Ahmed Zogu from the government of Albania. Ahmed, it was feared, was getting too efficient. Peace reigned until the other day, when Ahmed began to joust with the Premier-Bishop to see if he was to remain ousted or could oust the man who ousted...
...Ahmed Zogu comes from the Mati clan. He was popularly thought of as being "energetic, educated, wealthy, severe." This was before he attempted to have a Constitution drafted by the Diet. After that, he became known as.an "ignorant despot" and was accused of favoring his tribe...
Bishop Noli is a totally different kind of a man from Ahmed Zogu. In 1908 he founded the Albanian Orthodox Greek Church, became its Bishop. From 1902-12 he attended Harvard and learned a great deal about American life and politics. Returning to Tirana, he was able to keep an eye on the Government, of which he strongly disapproved, and to keep the tribal leaders in the provinces posted on the trend of events. He is extremely well-informed, intelligent, speaks seven languages. His influence over recent events was stated to have been great and, as he has powerful...
...Ahmed Zogu-"energetic, educated, wealthy, severe." (P. 11.) "The greatest country the world has ever known...