Ali Dino (), also known as Ali Dino Bey (; , 1890–1938) was an Albanian cartoonist and a Member of the Greek Parliament.

Biography Dino was born in Chios,Fotos Giofylis, Ιστορία της νεοελληνικής τέχνης. Ζωγραφικής, γλυπτικής, χαρακτικής, αρχιτεκτονικής και διακοσμητικής, 1821-1941, Το Ελληνικό Βιβλίο, Athens 1962, Vol. 2, p. 447.Εκπαιδευτική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια. Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό, Ekdotiki Athinon, Athens 1999, vol. 1, p. 172. in the Vilayet of the Archipelago of the Ottoman Empire in 1890, to Rasih Dino. He was grandson of Abedin Dino, one of the main contributors of the Albanian independence. His family were from Preveza, Chameria. His siblings were Leyla Dino Ileri, Abidin Dino (named after his grandfather Abedin) famous painter, and Ahmet (named after his great-grandfather Ahmed Dino). He became one of the most famous cartoonists in Greece, and was elected in the Greek Parliament for the Preveza prefecture in 1915. Dino later founded the Party of the Chameria, that represented the local Cham Albanian communityMavrogordatos, George Th. Stillborn republic: social coalitions and party strategies in Greece, 1922-1936. University of California Press. California, 1983. as well as of the Greek Albanian Friendship Society. He died in Athens, Greece, in 1938.

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