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Ibrahim Rugova
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Ibrahim Rugova (1944–2006) was a male politician, writer, literary critic, and literary scholar from Kosovo. He was a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo and served as the President of Kosovo. His citizenship included Kosovo and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was educated at the University of Pristina, where he studied from 1969 to 1999.
Rugova was born in Cerrcë and died in Pristina from lung cancer. He is buried in Pristina. His notable works include *Yugoslavya çağdaş Arnavut şiiri antolojisi*, *Savremena poezija Kosova*, *Kahe dhe premisa të kritikës letrare shqiptare*, *1504-1983*, *Kah teoria*, and *Veç pavarësi, asgjë më pak*. He received the Sakharov Prize and the Homo Homini Award. He spoke Albanian and practiced Islam.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Yugoslavya çağdaş Arnavut şiiri antolojisi
- Savremena poezija Kosova
- Kahe dhe premisa të kritikës letrare shqiptare, 1504-1983
- Kah teoria
- Veç pavarësi, asgjë më pak
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ibrahim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Cerrcë
- Place of death
- Pristina
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Position held
- President of Kosovo
- Educated at
- University of Pristina (1969–1999)
- Political party
- Democratic League of Kosovo
- Languages spoken
- Albanian
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Ibrahim Rugova 2004.jpg
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- Ibrahim Rugova
- date of birth
- 1944-12-02
- date of death
- 2006-01-21
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Ibrahim Rugova
- name in native language
- Ibrahim Rugova
- place of burial
- Pristina
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Encyclopedic overview
Ibrahim Rugova ( Albanian pronunciation: [ibɾahim ɾugova]; 2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was a Kosovo-Albanian politician, scholar, and writer, who served as the President of the partially recognised Republic of Kosova, serving from 1992 to 2000 and as President of Kosovo from 2002 until his death in 2006. He oversaw a popular struggle for independence, advocating a peaceful resistance to Yugoslav rule and lobbying for U.S. and European support, especially during the Kosovo War.
He founded the political party Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in 1989. The LDK advocated for Kosovo's independence by peaceful means. The party established a shadow government that provided basic government and social services to the Kosovo Albanian population, including education and health care, in effect creating a parallel state. In May 1992, Rugova was elected President of this parallel state. In March 2002, with a United Nations mission administering Kosovo, he was elected President of Kosovo. He held this position until his death in January 2006, and was posthumously declared a Hero of Kosovo. He is sometimes referred to as Ati themeltar ("Founding Father") or as Ati i Kombit ("Father of the Nation") in Kosovo. He is also referred to as the Gandhi of the Balkans due to his strategy of non-violent resistance.
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