Background
Konica was born in Konitsa, today"s Greece, back then part of the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Konica was born in Konitsa, today"s Greece, back then part of the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
He served three times as the Foreign Minister of Albania. He was the brother of Albanian writer Faik Konica. He was present in the Conference of Ambassadors in London in 1913.
He was appointed Foreign Minister on 22 June 1914 for a short period.
In 1918, he headed the Congress of Durrës and served again as Foreign Minister. After participating in the Congress of Lushnjë, he was appointed Foreign Minister once more and accompanied Fan Noli on his journey to the League of Nations.
On 28 March 1922 he was appointed plenipotentiary Ambassador of Albania in the United Kingdom until 21 May 1925. He served thereafter as an informal political advisor and intermediary and represented Albania at the Balkan Conferences of 1931.
During World World War II, Mehmet bey Konica was initially interned in Rome by the Italians and, later, under the German occupation, was appointed Albanian Foreign Minister but refused to take up the position.
He died in exile in Rome.