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3 hours agoThe reason Ibrahim Rugova didn't celebrate his birthday
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Whenever December 2nd comes, Islam Visoca remembers his past moments with President Ibrahim Rugova. This was born after the Albanian leader was born on December 2nd 1944 during the 1990s, which was placed at the helm of the Democratic League of Kosovo. Visoca, who once worked in the security of Ibrahim [...]
This was born after the Albanian leader was born on December 2nd 1944 during the 1990s, which was placed at the helm of the Democratic League of Kosovo.
Visoka, who once worked in Ibrahim Rugova's security, says to remember when Rugova's birthday was congratulated soon after the war.
That Rugova did not like birthday celebrations, says one of his closest people during the 1990s.
Milazim Krasniqi says the birthday for President Rugova has been a moment of reflection.
But Adnan Merovci recalls the occasion when Rugova had feasted on him with birthday cake at his home in Velani.
And good memories of his years at work with him are still fresh to Milazim Krasniqi.
Even Adnan Merovci says he will always remember Ibrahim Rugova as a good man and that working with him has been a great honor.
On the 74th anniversary of Rugova's birth, the LDK's chairmanship has been homazhe at the tomb of the former Kosovo president.
Ibrahim Rugova was born in Church of Istog 74 years ago.
Fate wanted him never to know his father, Uka, because Abraham's grandfather and he were killed by Yugoslav power in 1945.
But Abraham, who was an orphan, was not prevented by the tragedy of his family.
He conducted primary school in Istog, the high school in Pec and the Albanian School of Language in Pristina, where he also completed his doctorate.
In 1988 he was elected chairman of the Association of Writers, where he is remembered for debates with Serbian writers on Yugoslavia's future.
A year later, Ibrahim Rugova founded the Democratic League of Kosovo, which he led to death.
Under his leadership, the parallel system of the 1990s was organised as peaceful resistance to Serbian power and the Kosovo issue was internationalised.
And for his work, the European Parliament honoured him with the Sakharov award, which Adam Demac, one of Rugova's fiercest opponents, had previously won.
After the war, he won all the elections held until 2006, when he even passed away.
The historical president was married to Fanna, who had three children, thought, Uka, and Teuta.
Rugova, who today will be 74 years old, was the first president of Kosovo and is named by many as the architect of the independence of the state of Kosovo.
