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Hasan Prishtina (1873 in Vushtrri - 1933) was briefly prime minister of Albania in December 1921. He studied politics and law in Istanbul. His real last name was "Berisha" but he changed it when elected a parliament member, during 1908-1912, of the Turkish National Parliament in Istanbul.

After the Ottoman Government did not keep their promises for more rights and independence to the Albanian nation, Hasan Prishtina and several other prominent Albanian intellectuals started organizing the Albanian National Movement. He together with Isa Boletini and Bajram Curri took the responsibility to start the Movement in Kosovo.

He was elected a minister in the Albanian government of Ismail Qemaili in 1913.

In 1918, Hasan Prishtina, Kadri Prishtina (Hoxhë Kadriu), Bajram Curri and many others create the comittee National Protection of Kosovo]] and had their representatives in Rome and Albania.

He was in charge of the delegation in december 1919, participating to protect the rights of Albania in the Peace Conference of Paris, where he requested the re-unification of Kosovo and Albania.

He was the main organizer of Lushnja Congress in 1920.

Later in 1921 he was elected as the prime minister of the Albanian government, but resigned due to contradictions he had with Ahmet Zogu, the King of Albania. He remained just a member of the parliament.

After the establishment of good relations with the Slovene, Croat and Serbian Empire of 1922 and Ahmet Zogu's government, Hasan Prishtina and many other leaders from Kosovo were persecuted. There are claims that Ahmet Zogu even authorized the Serbian troops to search for him in Albania's territory.

In the end of february of 1923, Hasan Prishtina and Bajram Curri organized an uprisal of Albanians in Kosovo, against the Serbian troops installed there. This uprisal was crushed, as no assistance was provided by Ahmet Zogu.

After this uprisal, several persecutions of Albanians in Kosovo followed.

Hasan Prishtina is known to have been very rich, and sold almost all his property to finance the education of Albanians from Kosovo in universities around Europe, and for the armed resistance, during all his life.

He was imprisoned by Belgrade for a period, was released in 1931, and was killed in Thesaloniki in 1933 by king Zog and Serbian government.