Valteri was born into a family of German origin (it is widely believed that his ancestor were invited by Skanderbeg as specialists to help manufacture weapons).

[4] On February 23, 1924, Valteri tried to assassinate Prime Minister Ahmet Zogu, leader of the conservative forces, later King of Albania.

[5] Valteri barricaded himself in one of the rooms and engaged in a shootout with the gendarmes, singing patriotic songs, until the deputies convinced him to surrender.

[7] It remains unclear whether there was a connection between the actions of Valteri and the anti-Zogist leader Avni Rustemi, who was killed in a conspiracy by conservative Zogu supporters two months later.

[10] After the communists came to power in November 1944, Beqir Valteri was arrested in March 1945, as part of a large group of anti-communist politicians, he appeared before the Special Court.