death_date birth_date signature reign father house death_place title spouse image name predecessor succession birth_place issue successor mother religion article_title
9 april 1961 8 october 1895 zogu signature.svg 1 1939 6 january 1925 -- 1 september 1928 1 february september 1925 -- 1 september 1928 1 february 1925 & nbsp 1928 ; -- 1 september 1939 26 december 1922 -- 25 & february 1924 nbsp ; -- 7 april xhemal pasha zogolli house of zogu suresnes , paris , france king of the albanians géraldine apponyi de nagyappony ahmet-zogu-1895 -- 1961.jpg zog i , skanderbeg iii monarchy -rrb- , deposed in 1914 iliaz bej vrioni new post established new post xhafer bej ypi vidi i -lrb- as prince of albania king president of albanian republic marshal of royal albanian army 11th of prime minister of albania the albanians 16th prime minister of albania burgajet castle , ottoman empire leka , crown prince of albania victor shefqet vërlaci emmanuel iii of italy koço kota monarchy established sadijé toptani sunni islam zog i of albania

zog i of albania

zog i , king of the albanians -lrb- , ; 8 october 18959 april 1961 -rrb- , born ahmet muhtar zogolli , taking the surname zogu from 1922 , was the leader of albania from 1925 to 1939 , first as president -lrb- 1925 -- 1928 -rrb- and then as king -lrb- 1928 -- 1939 -rrb- .
earlier he served as prime minister of albania -lrb- 1922 -- 1924 -rrb- .
