Xhemil Dino (1894–1972) was an Albanian politician and diplomat.

He was born in Preveza in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire on 21 December 1894 to a branch of the notable Dino family of the area. He studied in Galatasaray High School and after the declaration of independence of Albania he was elected deputy of Dibër. He was a delegate from Albania to the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Assembly of the League of Nations (1925–1927). He became ambassador of Albania to the United Kingdom in 1932.

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During the era of the monarchy King Zog appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs. During the Italian occupation of Albania Xhemil Dino was given the rank of an ambassador in the Italian service. After occupied by the Axis forces (1941–1944), Xhemil Dino was appointed the High Commissioner of Thesprotia (Cameria) and actively collaborated with the Italian and German forces. He fled Albania end of 1944. He finally went to exile in Franco's Spain in 1945. He died on 2 July 1972 in Madrid and was buried in Rome.

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1894 births

1972 deaths

People from Preveza

People from Janina vilayet

Cham Albanian people

Government ministers of Albania

Foreign ministers of Albania

Ambassadors of Albania to the United Kingdom

Albanian collaborators with Nazi Germany

Albanian collaborators with Fascist Italy

Albanian anti-communists

Albanian expatriates in Spain

Members of the Parliament of Albania

Permanent Representatives of Albania to the League of Nations

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Galatasaray High School alumni

Burials in Rome by place

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