Mid'hat Frashëri

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Mid'hat Bey Frashëri (also known by his pen name as Lumo Skëndo; Turkish: Fraşerli Mithat Bey; 25 March 1880 – 3 October 1949) was an Albanian diplomat, writer and politician. Born as the son of Abdyl Frashëri, one of the most important activists of the Albanian National Awakening, he participated in the Congress of Manastir in 1908. In 1942, he became the president of Balli Kombëtar (National Front), an Albanian nationalist, collaborationist and anti-communist movement during the Second World War. Frashëri is referred to as one of the fathers of modern Albanian nationalism.

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