Prenk Pervizi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Prenk Pervizi

Albanian general

Date of Birth: 04-May-1897

Place of Birth: Albania

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1977

Profession: politician

Nationality: Albania

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Prenk Pervizi

  • Prenk Pervizi (4 May 1897–6 September 1977) was an Albanian military figure, General of the Albanian army, who also served as Minister of Defence for a short period during World War II. Pervizi attended the Military Academy in Vienna, Austria, from 1914–1918, and later in Torino, 1930–1933.
  • As a military figure, he was a protagonist in the foreground of Albanian history in the years between 1918–1944.
  • Friend and right-hand man of King Zog, he remained loyal from the beginning to the end to him and the Albanian Kingdom, 1928-1939.
  • During World War II he was involved in military operations.
  • Recruited by the Italians and sent to the first line of combat, he came into conflict with them, withdrawing the Albanian troops from the Greco-Italian War.
  • He also opposed the German SS troops recruitment process in Albania.
  • Bitter opponent of the communists, after failed attempts to engage some serious support from the British emissaries, he was forced to exile, first in Greece and later in Belgium as a political refugee.
  • He spent the rest of his life in Belgium, where he died at age 80, on September 6, 1977.

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