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Athanas Shundi (born October 18, 1892, died 1940) was an Albanian businessman, Christian Orthodox layman, and politician, member of the parliament of Albania during the 12 April 1939 - 1 April 1940 legislature.

Life
Athanas Shundi was born in 1892 and was a teacher in the first Albanian school of Tirana, Albania, when the country was still under Ottoman occupation. He graduated in chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Naples, Italy, and opened a pharmacy in Tirana.

In 1929 Shundi was named as one of the executors in the will of Midhat Frashëri, an Albanian politician. The will established the bequest of Frashëri's library to the public with the intent of the creation of an Albanological Institute, as a center of Albanian studies.

During the fall of 1929 Shundi was a delegate from Tirana to a congress of the Orthodox Albanian Church, which, on September 6, 1929, approved the regulations on the General Administration of the Church, a statute that amended the provisions of the 1922 Orthodox Congress. In 1930, he was elected Vice-Metropolitan bishop of Tirana.

During the 12 April 1939 - 1 April 1940 legislature Shundi was elected member of the parliament of Albania. He died in 1940 during WWII from health issues.