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Veli Gërra (1870 - 1945) was a leading member of the Albanian independence movement and one of the delegates of Albanian Declaration of Independence, representing the region of Chameria.

Born in Igoumenitsa, Ottoman Empire, now in modern Greece, Gërra was a teacher and a benefactor for Albanian schools. After the proclamation of the Albanian independence, Gërra gave an important contribution to the consolidation of the newly formed Ismail Qemali government, and to the defense of the Albanian territories during the Greek Occupation of Albania. He was between the Albanian representatives of the Vlore Kuvend to protest against the Great Powers' decision to award Southern Epirus to Greece in 1913. His family moved to Sarandë in 1944.

References

1. "History of Albanian People" By the Albanian Academy of Science ISBN 978-1-884964-98-5
2. ^ Kuçuku, Bashkim. Shkrim-këndimi dhe shkolla shqipe në Çamëri [Songwriting and Albanian schools in Chameria] (PDF). Konferenca e II ne Shqip-bequir (in Albanian). Instituti i Studimeve per Camerine. pp. 16–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
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7. Lef Nosi. Dokumenta historike për t'i shërbye historiës tone kombëtare. Tirana: Instituti i Historisë, 2007. ISBN 978-99956-10-04-3. (in Albanian)

• 19th-century Albanian politicians
• 20th-century Albanian politicians
• 1870 births
• 1945 deaths
• Cham Albanian people
• Activists of the Albanian National Awakening
• People from Janina vilayet
• People from Igoumenitsa
• All-Albanian Congress delegates