Cen Elezi

Cen Elezi was an Albanian bayraktar, Colonel and nationalist.

Cen Elezi
Born	Hysen Elez Ndreu 1884 Lisvalle (Sllove), Dibër, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania)
Died	May 9, 1949 (aged 65) Yugoslavia
Nationality	Albanian
Other names	Cen Elez Ndreu
Occupation	Guerrilla fighter
Known for	Uprising of Dibra, 1912, Battle of Dibra, 1920

Biography

Cen Elez Ndreu was born in Sllovë, Dibër, Ottoman Empire (in modern Albania).^[1] Ndreu was bayraktar of Dibra and Kolonel, he was son of Albanian well known patriot Elez Isuf Ndreu and grandson of Isuf Ndreu. He is considered as a nationalist figure of Albania.^[2] Ndreu fought against Ottoman Empire alongside his father Isuf and people of Reç and liberated Peshkopi and The Greater Dibra.^[1]

On 16 April, he took part in Albanian peace delegation that went to Rome.^[3] In 1916 Elezi was selected to be part of Liberation Committee of Kosovo in Shkodër.