Aziz Pasha Vrioni (1859–1920) was an Ottoman-Albanian politician of the early 20th century. He was a member of the Ottoman Parliament representing Berat,[1][2] and Albanian Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture and of Mines.[3]
He was born in Berat, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania), member of the influential and well-known Vrioni family.[4] Aziz Pasha Vrioni got involved in the Albanian preparations in the eve of the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. He carried over various ministries of the Albanian governments after.[5] During the turmoils of 1914 he organized his men into local militia, fighting against the Islamic Peasant Rebels and Greek insurgents.[6] After failing to defend Lushnja, he was shortly arrested by the government of Turhan Pasha Përmeti, accusing him of conspiracy and collaboration with the rebels.
In October 1914, he joined the government of Essad Pasha ToptaniinDurres and was elected General Director of the Administration.
^Elisabeth Özdalga (2011), Late Ottoman Society: The Intellectual Legacy, Soas/Routledge Curzon Studies on the Middle East (1 ed.), Routledge, p. 310, ISBN978-0415665445, ...Aziz Paşa Vrioni, important notable of Berat and Member of the local administrative council
^Owen Pearson (2006), Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History, vol. I: Albania and King Zog, 1908–39, I. B. Tauris, p. 68, ISBN978-1845110130, The government forces under Aziz Pasha Vrioni were moving up from Berat in the south and forced the rebels to surrender at Kavaje, while Prenk Bib Doda was negotiating with the inhabitants of Kruje to the north.
