Jani Papadhopulli

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Jani Papadhopulli (1874–1939),[1] also known as Jan Papadopulli,[2] was one of the delegates of the Albanian Declaration of Independence,[3] who was later elected as deputy of the Albanian parliament in 1923-1924, representing Gjirokastër District.[4]

Papadhopulli was a member of the Greek minority from the village Koshovicë, in Dropull. A merchant by profession, he was a delegate of Gjirokaster in the Albanian Orthodox Congress of 1922, where the autocephaly of the Albanian church was declared.[5]

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