Who was Engel, friend of Albanians with the bitter end: Things you probably didn't know.

The 73-year-old from New York was busy with an open microphone saying that “wouldn't do anything to protesters” if he didn't compete “to re-elected as Congressman”. He had held that position for 32 years, winning 15 sets of elections.

This was seen as hypocrisy by democratic voters who turned their backs on him by voting a school teacher more progressive than Engel.

But what was his political career and the help he gave Kosovo?

Engel his commitment to Kosovo and the Albanian issue in general had started since the first days as congresswoman. He had campaigned sharply against Slobodan Milosevic's brutal regime and was among the first applicants of Kosovo's liberation.

That pro-Kosovo stance had also expressed in the country's independence process, and eventually also called for the formation of the Army ʹ transformation of the KSF into the Army, a bill adopted with US support at the end of 2018.

Kosovo's “issue is kept alive in Washington by a small group of congressmen led by Congressman Eliot L. Engel” The Washington Post.

Engel was born in 1947 in the Bronx, New York, by parents from the Jews of Ukraine.

His political career began when he was 30 years old - more than 33 years ago - initially winning a seat at the New York State Assembly.

Engel, who before being recognised as a pro-Kosovar, was also known as a flammable pro-rebe, had supported the demands of American Democrats for reforms in the health system, the energy sector, and the control of nuclear weapons.

Finally, Engel ʹ in contrast with his party had been in favour of Jerusalem being known as the capital of Israel, one thing American President Donald Trump accomplished. /Periscope