World War I interrupted all government activities in Albania, while the country was split in a number of regional governments. Political chaos engulfed Albania after the outbreak of World War I. The Albanian people split along religious and tribal lines after the...

After World War I, Albania was still under the occupation of Serbian and Italian forces It was a rebellion of the respective populations of Northern and Southern Albania that pushed back the Serbs and Italians behind the recognized borders of Albania. Albania's...

Interwar Albanian governments appeared and disappeared in rapid succession Between July and December 1921 alone, the premiership changed hands five times. The Popular Party's head, Xhafer Ypi, formed a government in December 1921 with Fan S. Noli as foreign minister...

Noli's supporters blamed the Rustemi murder on Zogu's Mati clansmen, who continued to practice blood vengeance After the walkout, discontent mounted, and in June 1924 a peasant-backed insurgency had won control of Tirana. Noli became prime minister, and Zogu fled to...

In late 1924 Ahmed Bey Zogu, regained power from an internal political power struggle against Prime Minister Fan Noli using Yugoslav military assistance. After defeating Fan Noli's government, Ahmet Zogu recalled the parliament, in order to find a solution for the...

In 1928 the country's parliament declared Albania a kingdom with Zogu as King King Zog remained a conservative, but initiated reforms. For example, in an attempt at social modernization the custom of adding one's region to one's name was dropped. Zog also made...