Elderly Assembly
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The Elderly Assembly (Albanian: Pleqënia) was a senate of Albania which independence was declared on 28 November 1912 in Vlorë (then Ottoman Empire, today Republic of Albania). The senate was established on the 4 December 1912 by the Assembly of Vlorë. It was composed of 18 members of the assembly and had advisory role to the government of Albania.[1]
All provinces of the independent Albania were represented by its members in the senate:[2][3]
- Kosovo: Salih Gjuka, Bedri Pejani, Hajdin bej Draga,
- Monastir: Vehbi Dibra
- Shkodër: Hajredin bej Cakrani, Shefqet bej Daiu, Dervish Biçaku, Xhelal bej Koprencka, Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, Murat bej Toptani,
- Janina: Babë Dud Karbunara, Veli Këlcyra, Kristo Meksi, Eqerem bej Vlora, Ilias Bey Vrioni, Sami Bey Vrioni,
- Albanian colony of Bucharest: Dhimitër Zografi, Dhimitër Berati
