Cale was born in
Korçë on 28 March 1879. He finished the French Classic Lyceum in
Alexandria, Egypt. During 1900–1904, he worked in the
Bucharest Albanian colony, returning in Albania in 1904. Sent by the Albanian diaspora in Romania to be their representative in southern Albania, Cale aimed to influence Orthodox Christians to join an uprising if Muslims and their
beys would rise against the empire. He was one of the co-founders of the Secret Albanian Committee in
Thessaloniki, together with
Themistokli Gërmenji, and
Midhat Frashëri. He was president of the society "Freedom's Band" () in 1908. In February 1909, he was elected secretary of the society "Lidhja orthodhokse" (). He was quite active during the
Albanian uprisings of 1910 – 1912. He was a participant in the 5 November 1912 meeting, and voluntarily accompanied
Ismail Qemali in his way to Albania. On 28 November 1912, as a delegate of Korça region, he signed the
Albanian declaration of independence as "Pandeli Cale". He was elected Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce in
Ismail Qemali's cabinet. The first years of
World War I found Cale in Switzerland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and France. In 1919, he returned to Albania. He is mentioned as part of the Albanian delegation to the
League of Nations Committee of the Peace Conference in 1919, together with
Fan Noli,
Hil Mosi,
Gjergj Adhamidhi (Frashëri), lobbying for Albania's membership application, which was contested by Greece and Yugoslavia. Pandeli was the designer and signer of the
Kapshtica Protocol. The same year he got elected Mayor of Korçë, and later in February 1921 member of the first Albanian parliament. Cale died due to serious health implications in a hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. ==Notes==