Mit’hat Frashëri (1880 – 1949)

Mit’hat Frashëri was born on March 25, 1880, in Ioannina. He was the son of Abdyl Frashëri, one of the leaders of the League of Prizren, and the nephew of Sami and Naim Frashëri, prominent figures of the Albanian National Renaissance.

He was educated in Istanbul, where he also became involved in the Ottoman administration. His engagement in Albanian national affairs was particularly notable at the Congress of Manastir in 1908, where he was elected Chairman of the Congress and Vice-Chairman of the Alphabet Commission. The Congress represented a pivotal moment in the process of standardizing the Albanian alphabet, under the leadership of Gjergj Fishta as chairman of the relevant commission.

In 1944, amid the Second World War and political changes in Albania, he left the country and settled in the United States. Mit’hat Frashëri died on October 3, 1949, in New York, following a heart attack.