page_title: Abaz Kupi
hierarchical_section_title: Abaz Kupi
caption_attribution_description: English: Abaz Kupi portrait
context_page_description: Abaz Kupi or Abas Kupi. He was also known as Bazi i Canës. He was an Albanian military officer.
  Kupi was born in Krujë. He served as commander of the gendarmerie of the town of Kruja, and later of the town of Durrës. As a royalist, he created the Legality Movement in Albania, which promoted the return to the throne of Zog of Albania. During the Cold War Kupi was a member of the Albanian Free Committee, which intended to overthrow the communist regime in Albania and to return the monarchy.
  He was later awarded the Military Order of Bravery.
context_section_description: Abaz Kupi (6 August 1892 – 17 January 1976) or Abas Kupi.  He was also known as Bazi i Canës. He was an Albanian military officer.  
  Kupi was born in Krujë. He served as commander of the gendarmerie of the town of Kruja, and later of the town of Durrës. As a  royalist, he created the Legality Movement in Albania, which promoted the return to the throne of Zog of Albania. During the Cold War Kupi was a member of the Albanian Free Committee, which intended to overthrow the communist regime in Albania and to return the monarchy.
  He was later awarded the Military Order of Bravery (Brave Class).
caption: Abaz Kupi
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