Jani Vreto was born in Postenan, a village near Leskovik, southern Albania on 14 January 1822.

[6] In 1878, he represented the Albanian population of the Ottoman Empire alongside Abdyl Frashëri at the Congress of Berlin.

[1] Vreto transferred its headquarters from Istanbul to Bucharest[9] after the organization was banned by the Ottoman authorities.

At the same time he was excommunicated by the Orthodox metropolitan of Gjirokastër, who accused him of having committed heresy by "creating an Albanian question".

In 1882, Vreto left Bucharest for Egypt to develop nationalist content among the Albanian diaspora.