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The '''[[Albanians]]''' (''Shqiptarë'' in [[Albanian language|Albanian]]t, ''Albanezi'' in [[Romanian language|RomanianRumanisht]]) arejane nje an [[Minorities of Romania|ethnic minority]] inne [[Romania]]. As an officially-recognized ethnic minority, Albanians have [[Romanian ethnic minorities parties|one seat]] reserved in the Romanian [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Chamber of Deputies]] to the ''League of Albanians of Romania'' (''Liga Albanezilor din România'').
 
==Demographics==
In the 2002 census 520 Romanian citizens indicated their ethnicity was Albanian, and 484 stated that their mother tongue was Albanian.<ref>{{ro icon}} [http://www.recensamant.ro/pagini/rezultate.html# ''Recensământ 2002. Rezultate: Populaţia după etnie. Populaţia după limba maternă''] at the [http://www.recensamant.ro/ 2002 Census official site]; retrieved [[February 22]], [[2008]]</ref> The actual number of the Albanian population in Romania is unofficially estimated at around 10,000 persons.<ref name="diversdemo">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_date_demografice_ro "Albanezi - Date demografice"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[February 26]], [[2008]]</ref> Most members of the community live in [[Bucharest]],<ref name="diversdemo"/> while the rest mainly live in larger urban centers such as [[Timişoara]], [[Iaşi]], [[Constanţa]] and [[Cluj-Napoca]].
 
Most families are [[Albanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and trace their origins to the area around [[Korçë]].<ref name="diverscontemp">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_perioada_contemporana_ro "Albanezii - Perioada contemporană"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> Many other Romanian Albanians adhere to [[Islam]] &mdash; according to a 1999 article by Romanian scholar [[George Grigore]], various studies show that about 3,000 members of the [[Islam in Romania|Romanian Muslim community]] may in fact be Albanian.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro">[[George Grigore]], [http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_3.pdf "Muslims in Romania"], in International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) Newsletter 3, July 1999, p.34; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> That section of the Albanian community is traditionally integrated into the [[Turks of Romania|Turk]] or [[Tatars of Romania|Tatar]] groups, which makes its numbers hard to assess.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/>
 
==History==
[[Image:Preziosi - Arnăut, 1866.jpg|thumb|left|180px|An Albanian in [[Wallachia]] (1866 watercolor by [[Amadeo Preziosi]])]]
An Albanian community inside the [[Danubian Principalities]] was first attested in [[Wallachia]] under [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] [[Michael the Brave]]: a report drafted by [[Habsburg Monarchy|Habsburg]] authorities in [[Transylvania]] specified that 15,000 Albanians had been allowed to cross north of the [[Danube]] in 1595; Călineşti (a village in present-day [[Floreşti, Prahova|Floreşti]], [[Prahova County]]) was one of their places of settlement, as evidenced in a document issued by Michael's rival and successor, [[Simion Movilă]], who confirmed their right to reside in the locality.<ref name="divers">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_istoric_ro "Albanezii - Scurt istoric"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[February 26]], [[2008]]</ref> The community's presence was first recorded in Bucharest around 1628.<ref>Giurescu, p.272</ref> In [[Moldavia]], an ethnic Albanian, [[Vasile Lupu]], became [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince]] in 1634.<ref name="divers"/>
 
The Albanian community was strengthened during the [[Phanariotes|Phanariote epoch]], when numerous immigrants opened businesses in a large number of cities and towns, and were employed as bodyguards of Wallachian princes and [[boyars]] (being usually recorded as ''arbănaşi'', akin to ''[[Arvanites]]'', and its variant ''arnăuţi'', borrowed from the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''[[Arnauts|arnaut]]'').<ref name="divers"/><ref>Giurescu, p.267, 272</ref> In 1820, a survey indicated that there were 90 traders from the [[Rumelia]]n town of [[Arnaut Kioy]] present in the Wallachian capital, most of whom were probably Albanians and [[Aromanians]].<ref>Giurescu, p.267</ref>
 
The ''[[National awakening and the birth of Albania|Rilindja Kombëtare]]'' movement of Albanian [[nationalism]] inside the [[Ottoman Empire]] was present and prolific in Wallachia, the center of cultural initiatives taken by [[Dora d'Istria]], [[Naim Frashëri]], [[Jani Vreto]], and [[Naum Veqilharxhi]] (the latter published the first ever Albanian [[Textbook|primer]] in Bucharest, in 1844).<ref name="divers"/> [[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]], a resident of Bucharest, authored the lyrics of Albania's national anthem, ''[[Hymni i Flamurit]]'', which is sung to the tune of ''Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire'', composed by the Romanian [[Ciprian Porumbescu]].<ref name="divers"/> At the time, Albanians were present, alongside other Balkan communities, in Bucharest's commercial life, where many worked as street vendors (specializing in the sale of [[soft drinks]] or [[confectionery]] items).<ref>Giurescu, p.168, 307</ref>
 
[[Image:Albanezul-1889.JPG|thumb|260px|The newspaper ''Sqipetari''/''Albanezul'', published by the Albanian community (1889)]]
Among the new groups of immigrants from various [[Balkans|Balkan]] regions to Romania where the families of poets [[Victor Eftimiu]] and [[Lasgush Poradeci]].<ref name="divers"/> At the time, the independence movement gathered momentum, and, for a while after 1905, was focused on the activities of [[Albert Gjika]]. An Albanian school was opened in 1905 in the city of [[Constanţa]] &mdash; among its pupils was poet [[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]].<ref name="divers"/> In 1912, at a Bucharest meeting headed by [[Ismail Qemali]] and attended by Drenova, the first resolution regarding [[Albania]]'s independence was adopted.<ref name="divers"/>
 
In 1893, the Albanian community in Romania numbered around 30,000 persons. In 1920 almost 20,000 Albanians lived in Bucharest.<ref name="divers"/> A new wave of Albanian immigrants, many of them Muslims from [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]],<ref name="divers"/> followed in the wake of [[World War I]].<ref name="divers"/><ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/> In 1921, the first translation of the ''[[Qur'an]]'' into [[Albanian language|Albanian]] was completed by [[Ilo Mitke Qafëzezi]] and published in the city of [[Ploieşti]].<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/> Many Albanians settled in [[Transylvania]], where they generally established confectionery enterprises.<ref name="divers"/>
 
The community was repressed under the [[Communist Romania|communist regime]], starting in 1953 (when the Albanian cultural association was closed down).<ref name="diverscontemp"/> Rights lost were regained after the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]], but the number of people declaring themselves Albanian has decreased dramatically between 1920 and 2002.<ref name="diverscontemp"/><ref name="diversdemo"/> Traditionally, members of the community have been included among a special "among others" category in the censuses, but have first received a special seat in [[Parliament of Romania|Parliament]] after the [[Romanian legislative election, 2000|2000 elections]].<ref name="diversdemo"/>
 
==Notable Albanian-Romanians==
*[[Kristaq Antoniu]]
*[[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]]
*[[Victor Eftimiu]]
*the [[Ghica family]]
*[[Oana Manolescu]]
*[[Lasgush Poradeci]]
*[[Ilo Mitke Qafëzezi]]
*[[Naum Veqilharxhi]]
 
==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
==References==
*[[Constantin C. Giurescu]], ''Istoria Bucureştilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre'' ("History of Bucharest. From the Earliest Times to Our Day"), [[Editura Pentru Literatură]], Bucharest, 1966
 
==External links==
*{{ro icon}} [http://www.alar.ro/ Albanian League of Romania]
{{Ethnic Albanians}}
{{Ethnic groups in Romania}}
[[Category:Albanian diaspora|Romania]]
[[Category:Albanian Romanians| ]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Romania]]
 
[[ro:Albanezii din România]]
]]''' (''Shqiptarë'' in [[Albanian language|Albanian]], ''Albanezi'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]) are an [[Minorities of Romania|ethnic minority]] in [[Romania]]. As an officially-recognized ethnic minority, Albanians have [[Romanian ethnic minorities parties|one seat]] reserved in the Romanian [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Chamber of Deputies]] to the ''League of Albanians of Romania'' (''Liga Albanezilor din România'').
 
==Demographics==
In the 2002 census 520 Romanian citizens indicated their ethnicity was Albanian, and 484 stated that their mother tongue was Albanian.<ref>{{ro icon}} [http://www.recensamant.ro/pagini/rezultate.html# ''Recensământ 2002. Rezultate: Populaţia după etnie. Populaţia după limba maternă''] at the [http://www.recensamant.ro/ 2002 Census official site]; retrieved [[February 22]], [[2008]]</ref> The actual number of the Albanian population in Romania is unofficially estimated at around 10,000 persons.<ref name="diversdemo">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_date_demografice_ro "Albanezi - Date demografice"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[February 26]], [[2008]]</ref> Most members of the community live in [[Bucharest]],<ref name="diversdemo"/> while the rest mainly live in larger urban centers such as [[Timişoara]], [[Iaşi]], [[Constanţa]] and [[Cluj-Napoca]].
 
Most families are [[Albanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and trace their origins to the area around [[Korçë]].<ref name="diverscontemp">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_perioada_contemporana_ro "Albanezii - Perioada contemporană"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> Many other Romanian Albanians adhere to [[Islam]] &mdash; according to a 1999 article by Romanian scholar [[George Grigore]], various studies show that about 3,000 members of the [[Islam in Romania|Romanian Muslim community]] may in fact be Albanian.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro">[[George Grigore]], [http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_3.pdf "Muslims in Romania"], in International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) Newsletter 3, July 1999, p.34; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> That section of the Albanian community is traditionally integrated into the [[Turks of Romania|Turk]] or [[Tatars of Romania|Tatar]] groups, which makes its numbers hard to assess.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/>
 
==History==
[[Image:Preziosi - Arnăut, 1866.jpg|thumb|left|180px|An Albanian in [[Wallachia]] (1866 watercolor by [[Amadeo Preziosi]])]]
An Albanian community inside the [[Danubian Principalities]] was first attested in [[Wallachia]] under [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] [[Michael the Brave]]: a report drafted by [[Habsburg Monarchy|Habsburg]] authorities in [[Transylvania]] specified that 15,000 Albanians had been allowed to cross north of the [[Danube]] in 1595; Călineşti (a village in present-day [[Floreşti, Prahova|Floreşti]], [[Prahova County]]) was one of their places of settlement, as evidenced in a document issued by Michael's rival and successor, [[Simion Movilă]], who confirmed their right to reside in the locality.<ref name="divers">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_istoric_ro "Albanezii - Scurt istoric"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[February 26]], [[2008]]</ref> The community's presence was first recorded in Bucharest around 1628.<ref>Giurescu, p.272</ref> In [[Moldavia]], an ethnic Albanian, [[Vasile Lupu]], became [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince]] in 1634.<ref name="divers"/>
 
The Albanian community was strengthened during the [[Phanariotes|Phanariote epoch]], when numerous immigrants opened businesses in a large number of cities and towns, and were employed as bodyguards of Wallachian princes and [[boyars]] (being usually recorded as ''arbănaşi'', akin to ''[[Arvanites]]'', and its variant ''arnăuţi'', borrowed from the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''[[Arnauts|arnaut]]'').<ref name="divers"/><ref>Giurescu, p.267, 272</ref> In 1820, a survey indicated that there were 90 traders from the [[Rumelia]]n town of [[Arnaut Kioy]] present in the Wallachian capital, most of whom were probably Albanians and [[Aromanians]].<ref>Giurescu, p.267</ref>
 
The ''[[National awakening and the birth of Albania|Rilindja Kombëtare]]'' movement of Albanian [[nationalism]] inside the [[Ottoman Empire]] was present and prolific in Wallachia, the center of cultural initiatives taken by [[Dora d'Istria]], [[Naim Frashëri]], [[Jani Vreto]], and [[Naum Veqilharxhi]] (the latter published the first ever Albanian [[Textbook|primer]] in Bucharest, in 1844).<ref name="divers"/> [[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]], a resident of Bucharest, authored the lyrics of Albania's national anthem, ''[[Hymni i Flamurit]]'', which is sung to the tune of ''Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire'', composed by the Romanian [[Ciprian Porumbescu]].<ref name="divers"/> At the time, Albanians were present, alongside other Balkan communities, in Bucharest's commercial life, where many worked as street vendors (specializing in the sale of [[soft drinks]] or [[confectionery]] items).<ref>Giurescu, p.168, 307</ref>
 
[[Image:Albanezul-1889.JPG|thumb|260px|The newspaper ''Sqipetari''/''Albanezul'', published by the Albanian community (1889)]]
Among the new groups of immigrants from various [[Balkans|Balkan]] regions to Romania where the families of poets [[Victor Eftimiu]] and [[Lasgush Poradeci]].<ref name="divers"/> At the time, the independence movement gathered momentum, and, for a while after 1905, was focused on the activities of [[Albert Gjika]]. An Albanian school was opened in 1905 in the city of [[Constanţa]] &mdash; among its pupils was poet [[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]].<ref name="divers"/> In 1912, at a Bucharest meeting headed by [[Ismail Qemali]] and attended by Drenova, the first resolution regarding [[Albania]]'s independence was adopted.<ref name="divers"/>
 
In 1893, the Albanian community in Romania numbered around 30,000 persons. In 1920 almost 20,000 Albanians lived in Bucharest.<ref name="divers"/> A new wave of Albanian immigrants, many of them Muslims from [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]],<ref name="divers"/> followed in the wake of [[World War I]].<ref name="divers"/><ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/> In 1921, the first translation of the ''[[Qur'an]]'' into [[Albanian language|Albanian]] was completed by [[Ilo Mitke Qafëzezi]] and published in the city of [[Ploieşti]].<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/> Many Albanians settled in [[Transylvania]], where they generally established confectionery enterprises.<ref name="divers"/>
 
The community was repressed under the [[Communist Romania|communist regime]], starting in 1953 (when the Albanian cultural association was closed down).<ref name="diverscontemp"/> Rights lost were regained after the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]], but the number of people declaring themselves Albanian has decreased dramatically between 1920 and 2002.<ref name="diverscontemp"/><ref name="diversdemo"/> Traditionally, members of the community have been included among a special "among others" category in the censuses, but have first received a special seat in [[Parliament of Romania|Parliament]] after the [[Romanian legislative election, 2000|2000 elections]].<ref name="diversdemo"/>
 
==Notable Albanian-Romanians==
*[[Kristaq Antoniu]]
*[[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]]
*[[Victor Eftimiu]]
*the [[Ghica family]]
*[[Oana Manolescu]]
*[[Lasgush Poradeci]]
*[[Ilo Mitke Qafëzezi]]
*[[Naum Veqilharxhi]]
 
==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
==References==
*[[Constantin C. Giurescu]], ''Istoria Bucureştilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre'' ("History of Bucharest. From the Earliest Times to Our Day"), [[Editura Pentru Literatură]], Bucharest, 1966
 
==External links==
*{{ro icon}} [http://www.alar.ro/ Albanian League of Romania]
{{Ethnic Albanians}}
{{Ethnic groups in Romania}}
[[Category:Albanian diaspora|Romania]]
[[Category:Albanian Romanians| ]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Romania]]
 
[[ro:Albanezii din România]]
]]''' (''Shqiptarë'' in [[Albanian language|Albanian]], ''Albanezi'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]) are an [[Minorities of Romania|ethnic minority]] in [[Romania]]. As an officially-recognized ethnic minority, Albanians have [[Romanian ethnic minorities parties|one seat]] reserved in the Romanian [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Chamber of Deputies]] to the ''League of Albanians of Romania'' (''Liga Albanezilor din România'').
 
==Demographics==
In the 2002 census 520 Romanian citizens indicated their ethnicity was Albanian, and 484 stated that their mother tongue was Albanian.<ref>{{ro icon}} [http://www.recensamant.ro/pagini/rezultate.html# ''Recensământ 2002. Rezultate: Populaţia după etnie. Populaţia după limba maternă''] at the [http://www.recensamant.ro/ 2002 Census official site]; retrieved [[February 22]], [[2008]]</ref> The actual number of the Albanian population in Romania is unofficially estimated at around 10,000 persons.<ref name="diversdemo">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_date_demografice_ro "Albanezi - Date demografice"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[February 26]], [[2008]]</ref> Most members of the community live in [[Bucharest]],<ref name="diversdemo"/> while the rest mainly live in larger urban centers such as [[Timişoara]], [[Iaşi]], [[Constanţa]] and [[Cluj-Napoca]].
 
Most families are [[Albanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and trace their origins to the area around [[Korçë]].<ref name="diverscontemp">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_perioada_contemporana_ro "Albanezii - Perioada contemporană"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> Many other Romanian Albanians adhere to [[Islam]] &mdash; according to a 1999 article by Romanian scholar [[George Grigore]], various studies show that about 3,000 members of the [[Islam in Romania|Romanian Muslim community]] may in fact be Albanian.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro">[[George Grigore]], [http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_3.pdf "Muslims in Romania"], in International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) Newsletter 3, July 1999, p.34; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> That section of the Albanian community is traditionally integrated into the [[Turks of Romania|Turk]] or [[Tatars of Romania|Tatar]] groups, which makes its numbers hard to assess.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/>
 
==History==
[[Image:Preziosi - Arnăut, 1866.jpg|thumb|left|180px|An Albanian in [[Wallachia]] (1866 watercolor by [[Amadeo Preziosi]])]]
An Albanian community inside the [[Danubian Principalities]] was first attested in [[Wallachia]] under [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] [[Michael the Brave]]: a report drafted by [[Habsburg Monarchy|Habsburg]] authorities in [[Transylvania]] specified that 15,000 Albanians had been allowed to cross north of the [[Danube]] in 1595; Călineşti (a village in present-day [[Floreşti, Prahova|Floreşti]], [[Prahova County]]) was one of their places of settlement, as evidenced in a document issued by Michael's rival and successor, [[Simion Movilă]], who confirmed their right to reside in the locality.<ref name="divers">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_istoric_ro "Albanezii - Scurt istoric"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[February 26]], [[2008]]</ref> The community's presence was first recorded in Bucharest around 1628.<ref>Giurescu, p.272</ref> In [[Moldavia]], an ethnic Albanian, [[Vasile Lupu]], became [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince]] in 1634.<ref name="divers"/>
 
The Albanian community was strengthened during the [[Phanariotes|Phanariote epoch]], when numerous immigrants opened businesses in a large number of cities and towns, and were employed as bodyguards of Wallachian princes and [[boyars]] (being usually recorded as ''arbănaşi'', akin to ''[[Arvanites]]'', and its variant ''arnăuţi'', borrowed from the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''[[Arnauts|arnaut]]'').<ref name="divers"/><ref>Giurescu, p.267, 272</ref> In 1820, a survey indicated that there were 90 traders from the [[Rumelia]]n town of [[Arnaut Kioy]] present in the Wallachian capital, most of whom were probably Albanians and [[Aromanians]].<ref>Giurescu, p.267</ref>
 
The ''[[National awakening and the birth of Albania|Rilindja Kombëtare]]'' movement of Albanian [[nationalism]] inside the [[Ottoman Empire]] was present and prolific in Wallachia, the center of cultural initiatives taken by [[Dora d'Istria]], [[Naim Frashëri]], [[Jani Vreto]], and [[Naum Veqilharxhi]] (the latter published the first ever Albanian [[Textbook|primer]] in Bucharest, in 1844).<ref name="divers"/> [[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]], a resident of Bucharest, authored the lyrics of Albania's national anthem, ''[[Hymni i Flamurit]]'', which is sung to the tune of ''Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire'', composed by the Romanian [[Ciprian Porumbescu]].<ref name="divers"/> At the time, Albanians were present, alongside other Balkan communities, in Bucharest's commercial life, where many worked as street vendors (specializing in the sale of [[soft drinks]] or [[confectionery]] items).<ref>Giurescu, p.168, 307</ref>
 
[[Image:Albanezul-1889.JPG|thumb|260px|The newspaper ''Sqipetari''/''Albanezul'', published by the Albanian community (1889)]]
Among the new groups of immigrants from various [[Balkans|Balkan]] regions to Romania where the families of poets [[Victor Eftimiu]] and [[Lasgush Poradeci]].<ref name="divers"/> At the time, the independence movement gathered momentum, and, for a while after 1905, was focused on the activities of [[Albert Gjika]]. An Albanian school was opened in 1905 in the city of [[Constanţa]] &mdash; among its pupils was poet [[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]].<ref name="divers"/> In 1912, at a Bucharest meeting headed by [[Ismail Qemali]] and attended by Drenova, the first resolution regarding [[Albania]]'s independence was adopted.<ref name="divers"/>
 
In 1893, the Albanian community in Romania numbered around 30,000 persons. In 1920 almost 20,000 Albanians lived in Bucharest.<ref name="divers"/> A new wave of Albanian immigrants, many of them Muslims from [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]],<ref name="divers"/> followed in the wake of [[World War I]].<ref name="divers"/><ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/> In 1921, the first translation of the ''[[Qur'an]]'' into [[Albanian language|Albanian]] was completed by [[Ilo Mitke Qafëzezi]] and published in the city of [[Ploieşti]].<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/> Many Albanians settled in [[Transylvania]], where they generally established confectionery enterprises.<ref name="divers"/>
 
The community was repressed under the [[Communist Romania|communist regime]], starting in 1953 (when the Albanian cultural association was closed down).<ref name="diverscontemp"/> Rights lost were regained after the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]], but the number of people declaring themselves Albanian has decreased dramatically between 1920 and 2002.<ref name="diverscontemp"/><ref name="diversdemo"/> Traditionally, members of the community have been included among a special "among others" category in the censuses, but have first received a special seat in [[Parliament of Romania|Parliament]] after the [[Romanian legislative election, 2000|2000 elections]].<ref name="diversdemo"/>
 
==Notable Albanian-Romanians==
*[[Kristaq Antoniu]]
*[[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]]
*[[Victor Eftimiu]]
*the [[Ghica family]]
*[[Oana Manolescu]]
*[[Lasgush Poradeci]]
*[[Ilo Mitke Qafëzezi]]
*[[Naum Veqilharxhi]]
 
==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
==References==
*[[Constantin C. Giurescu]], ''Istoria Bucureştilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre'' ("History of Bucharest. From the Earliest Times to Our Day"), [[Editura Pentru Literatură]], Bucharest, 1966
 
==External links==
*{{ro icon}} [http://www.alar.ro/ Albanian League of Romania]
{{Ethnic Albanians}}
{{Ethnic groups in Romania}}
[[Category:Albanian diaspora|Romania]]
[[Category:Albanian Romanians| ]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Romania]]
 
[[ro:Albanezii din România]]
]]''' (''Shqiptarë'' in [[Albanian language|Albanian]], ''Albanezi'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]) are an [[Minorities of Romania|ethnic minority]] in [[Romania]]. As an officially-recognized ethnic minority, Albanians have [[Romanian ethnic minorities parties|one seat]] reserved in the Romanian [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Chamber of Deputies]] to the ''League of Albanians of Romania'' (''Liga Albanezilor din România'').
 
==Demografia==