Niazi Demi

Niazi Rustem Demi (1919–1977) was an Albanian politician.

Niazi Demi was born in 1919 in Filiates, a town of northwestern Greece (Chameria). He studied in Vlorë and then in Tiranë's high school, graduating in late 1930s. In 1942 he joined the ranks of the Albanian National Liberation Front and in 1943 became political commissar of the Berat District brigades. He was also part of the VIIth Attacking Brigade (Albanian: Brigada VII Sulmuese).^[1]

After World War II he became initially counsellor of the Albanian ambassador in the USSR and later Minister of Trade of Albania.^[2]

Sources

↑ "Historiku i Brigades se VII Sulmuese" [History of the VIIth Attacking Brigade] (in Albanian). Unofficial Site of Skrapar District.
↑ Sudetendeutsches Archiv (1966). Central Europe journal. 14-15. Sudetendeutsches Archiv. p. 66.

Cham Albanians

History	Pashalik of Janina Souliotes (Souliote Confederacy Catastrophe of Zalongo Albanian Regiment (French Army) Assembly of Preveza Albanian Committee of Janina Chams in the Greco-Turkish population exchange Party of the Chameria

Cham issue	Cham Albanian Resistance during World War II 4th "Ali Demi" Battalion "Chameria" Battalion Axis-Cham Albanian collaboration Këshilla Paramythia executions Expulsion of Cham Albanians Paramythia Massacre Filiates Massacre Anti-Fascist Committee of Cham Immigrants Liberation Army of Chameria

Organizations	"Çamëria" Association Chameria Human Rights Association Party for Justice, Integration and Unity Democratic Foundation of Chameria Bilal Xhaferri Cultural Association

Culture	Cham Albanian dialect Cham music Cham iso-poliphony Song of Çelo Mezani Song of Marko Boçari Dance of Osman Taka Dance of Zalongo Krahu i shqiponjës Zëri i Çamërisë

Main Settlements	Chameria Konispol Markat Paramythia Filiates Igoumenitsa Katavothra Parapotamos Syvota Sagiada Perdika Margariti Kastri¹ Fanari Preveza Parga Other² Vlorë Durrës Tirana Himara Borshi Erenköy Kartal Mudanya Izmir Gemlik Aydin Ioannina Preveza Chicago Boston New York

Individuals	Azis Tahir Ajdonati Aziz Çami Hamdi Çami Muhamet Kyçyku (Çami) Qamil Çami Thoma Çami Refo Çapari Ali Demi Musa Demi Niazi Demi Rexhep Demi Tahir Demi Abedin Dino Ahmed Dino Ali Dino Rasih Dino Shahin Dino Veli Gërra Shpëtim Idrizi Tahir Muhedini Teme Sejko Dashamir Tahiri Hasan Tahsini Osman Taka Jakup Veseli Bilal Xhaferri

¹Settlements inhabited by communities known as Arvanites, and very rarely characterized as Cham ²Settlements with a considerable population of Cham refugees or emigrants

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