mid’hat bey’s political views took on a nationalist character during the balkan wars and in the final collapse of the ottoman empire when albania was on the verge of being carved up by its balkan neighbours. unlike some of his cousins who remained in what later became turkey, frashëri moved to albania after the collapse of the ottoman empire. mid’hat frashëri was one of the eighty-three leaders meeting in vlorë in november 1912. he was one of the signers of the declaration of independence and became the minister of public services in the provisional government of albania. he later became the albanian consul general in belgrade and postmaster general. at the beginning of world war i, mid'hat was interned in romania for a time, but after he was released, he returned to publishing. mid’hat resided in lausanne for a time with his cousin mehdi frashëri, where he was author of a number of newspaper articles and essays. on 25 november 1920, he was appointed chairman of the albanian delegation to the paris peace conference, where he remained until 1922. in paris, he continued his journalistic activities in the french press to publicize albania’s position in the postwar restructuring of europe. he subsequently held other ministerial posts and was albanian ambassador to greece and to the united states from 1922 to 1926.