Ali Dino

Ali Dino
Ali Dino in 1930
Ali Dino in 1930
Born1890
Chios or Preveza, Ottoman Empire, modern day Greece
Died1938
Athens, Greece
Occupationcartoonist, politician
NationalityOttoman, Greek

Ali Dino (Greek: Αλή Ντίνο), also known as Ali Dino Bey (Albanian: Ali Bej Dino; Greek: Αλή Ντίνο Μπέης, 1890–1938) was an Albanian cartoonist and a Member of the Greek Parliament.

Biography

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Dino was born in Chios,[1][2] in the Vilayet of the Archipelago of the Ottoman Empire in 1890, to Rasih Dino. He was grandson of Abedin Dino, one of the main contributors of the Albanian independence. His family were from Preveza, Chameria. His siblings were Leyla Dino Ileri, Abidin Dino (named after his grandfather Abedin) famous painter, and Ahmet (named after his great grandfather Ahmed Dino). He became one of the most famous cartoonists in Greece, and was elected in the Greek Parliament for the Preveza prefecture in 1915.[3][4] Dino later founded the Party of the Chameria, that represented the local Cham Albanian community[4] as well as of the Greek Albanian Friendship Society. He died in Athens, Greece, in 1938.

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References

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  1. ^ Fotos Giofylis, Ιστορία της νεοελληνικής τέχνης. Ζωγραφικής, γλυπτικής, χαρακτικής, αρχιτεκτονικής και διακοσμητικής, 1821-1941, Το Ελληνικό Βιβλίο, Athens 1962, Vol. 2, p. 447.
  2. ^ Εκπαιδευτική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια. Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό, Ekdotiki Athinon, Athens 1999, vol. 1, p. 172.
  3. ^ "Μητρώον πληρεξουσίων, γερουσιαστών και βουλευτών, 1822-1935". ΑΡΧΕΙΟΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  4. ^ a b Mavrogordatos, George Th. Stillborn republic: social coalitions and party strategies in Greece, 1922-1936. University of California Press. California, 1983.