Leka Zogu (born April 5, 1939), by monarchists called King Leka I, is the only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine. Two days after his birth in Tirana, his father was forced into exile, and soon officially replaced on the throne by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Leka was appointed heir apparent of the Albanian throne in 1957. Since the end of World War II, Albania has been a republic, but since 1961 Leka has nevertheless titled himself King of the Albanians (originally proclaimed at the Albanian National Assembly in a Paris exile). He also titles himself sovereign Grand Master of the Orders of Scanderbeg, Fidelty and Bravery.
A referendum in 1997 to return the monarchy was not passed, but some Albanians still see him as their king.
Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin Msiziwe (born in Senton, South Africa, March 26, 1982), also called Crown Prince Leka II of Albania by monarchists, is the son of one of the claimants to Albania's throne, Leka Zogu, and his wife, the late Susan Cullen-Ward.
Leka is also a hereditary bey (Albanian tribal chieftain and traditional land owner) of the Gheg clan.
Leka is an island and a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
King Leka Zog, or Leka Zogu, is expected to return to Albania with the assistance of the Legality League Party (ibid.).
In December 2001, Leka Zogu was sentenced in absentia to a two-year suspended sentence for his alleged participation in illegal meetings during the September 1997 uprising (Maison Royale d'Albanie 24 Feb. 2002).
Charges against Leka Zogu for illegal possession of weapons in Johannesburg (IND Oct. 2001) were dropped in October 1999 (Maison Royale d'Albanie 24 Feb. 2002).
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