[1] He descended from the well known Kryeziu family (surname means blackhead), landowners and politically influential during the Ottoman rule.

[2] He was the nephew of Ali Pasha of Gucia, a prominent member and contributor of the League of Prizren of 1878.

[5] The Committee promoted irredentism and fight against Serbian rule, it had been previously outlawed by Zog during his rise in power of 1924, and had gone quiet after the death of Curri, Pristina, Hoxha Kadri, and other leaders.

[7] He was elected Minister of the Liberated Areas (Albanian: Ministër i Tokave të Çliruara) in the short-lived government of Eqrem Libohova,[8] 18 January – 11 February 1943, succeeding Tahir Shtylla.

In April 1945 he was given 30 years of prison by the Special Court like many other political figures of that time, as "a traitor and enemy of the people".