Lef Nosi

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| office = Minister of Post-Telegraphs

| term_start = 4 December 1912

| term_end = 21 February 1914

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| office2 = Minister of Economy and Social Relations

| term_start2 = 1918

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| office3 = Member of the High Regency Council of the Albanian Kingdom (1943–44)

| term_start3 = 16 October 1943

| term_end3 = 28 November 1944

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| birth_name = Elefter Nosi

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|4|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Elbasan, Manastir Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|2|20|1877|4|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Tirana, People's Republic of Albania

| death_cause = Execution by firing squad

| nationality = Albanian

| party = Balli Kombëtar

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| relations = Polikseni Nosi (sister), Vasil Nosi (nephew), Sokrat Dodbiba, (nephew), Jani Dodbiba (nephew)

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Lef Nosi (born Elefter Nosi; 9 April 1877{{snds}}20 February 1946) was an Albanian publisher, archivist, philologist, folklorist, ethnographer, numismatist, archaeologist and politician. On 28 November 1912, he was as one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, representing Elbasan. During the Second World War, Nosi was a leading member of Balli Kombëtar and was chosen as a member of the Albanian High Council.

Biography

=Early life=

Lef Nosi was born on 9 April 1877,{{Cite book |last=Elsie |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=haFlGXIg8uoC&dq=Lef+Nosi&pg=PA334 |title=Historical Dictionary of Albania |date=19 March 2010 |page=334|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7380-3 }} and was a committee member of the Albanian club in Elbasan.{{harvnb|Skendi|1967|p=380.}} During the Albanian revolt of 1912 Nosi was one of two delegates representing Elbasan sent to Kosovo that partook in negotiations between Albanian rebels and the Ottoman state regarding Albanian sociopolitical and cultural interests.{{cite book|last=Skendi|first=Stavro|title=The Albanian national awakening|year=1967|location=Princeton|publisher=Princeton University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QPWCgAAQBAJ&q=Lef+Nosi&pg=PR15|isbn=9781400847761|pages=434}}

=Arrest and death=

Lef Nosi was brought to trial in February 1946, led by general judge Irakli Bozo{{cite web|url=http://www.observatorikujteses.al/persekutimi-dhe-ekzekutimi-i-lef-nosit-nga-diktatura-komuniste-nga-edmond-malaj/|title=Persekutimi dhe ekzekutimi i Lef Nosit nga diktatura komuniste|work=Observatori|date=24 January 2017|access-date=19 May 2018|language=Albanian|trans-title=The persecution and execution of Lef Noso by communist dictatorship}} and prosecuted by Misto Treska. Along with Anton Harapi and former prime minister Maliq bey Bushati, Nosi was condemned to death by communist Albania.{{cite book|author=Owen Pearson|title=Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume III: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy, 1945-99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D4wx7kQp4bgC&pg=PA13|access-date=26 December 2012|date=15 April 2007|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-84511-105-2|page=13}}