death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality birth_date spouse known_for image article_title name occupation
1945 elbasan , albania korçë , manastir vilayet , ottoman empire 180px albanian 14 january 1884 anastasi dodbiba albanian i mëmëdheut '' '' society declaration of independence , 1912 '' `` malli thanas floqi.jpg thanas floqi
 thanas v. floqi teacher , clerk
thanas floqi

thanas floqi -lrb- 14.01.1884 - 1945 -rrb- was an albanian educator and patriot , and one of the signatories of the albanian declaration of independence .
he was born in korçë , back then ottoman empire in 1884 , son of vasil floqi , a merchant .
thanas was the younger brother of albanian patriot , politician , and writer kristo floqi .
thanas floqi finished his early education in his home town , then went to messolongi , where he finished high school .
after that he went to athens to study law , but did not graduate and returned home .
he emigrated later to us , where he got in touch with patriotic movements of the albanian diaspora .
he was a contributor in the establishment of `` malli i mëmëdheut '' -lrb- homeland 's yearning -rrb- which a few years later would become one of the sources for `` vatra federation '' .
his brother kristo would become one of the vatra founders .
thanas would return to albania in 1912 , and settle in vlorë , where he contributes in the expansion of albanian education .
he also focused in arts and music studies .
floqi opened the first albanian school in cakran , near fier .
thanas floqi was one of the signatories of the albanian declaration of independence on november 28 , 1912 .
after that , he worked in the newly created albanian administration , and as an interpreter for the international commission of control , and as first secretary of the ministry of justice .
in 1913 , he settled in elbasan , where he cooperated with aqif pashë elbasani and worked as a teacher in the shkolla normale e elbasanit .
he distinguished himself in musical activities ' organizations .
