2 hours agoFifteen years since Ibrahim Rugova's death
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Today marks the 15th anniversary of the death of former Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova. President Rugova died on January 21st 2006. On the 15th anniversary of his death, there will be a homazhe at his grave in Velani and the Rugova family, while at 2: 00 p.m. in Gjilan there will be another [...]
President Rugova died on January 21st 2006.
A memorial academy will take place at his grave in Velani and the Rugova family on the 15th anniversary of his death.
On the first anniversary of Ibrahim Rugova's death, former Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu decorated Rugova with the Kosovo Order “Hero, the highest title in our country given to the Albanian and Kosovo historical figures.
Dr. Ibrahim Rugova was born on December 2, 1944, in the village of Cerrca, the municipality of Istog. On January 10, 1945, Yugoslav communists shot down his father, Uka, and Grandpa Rrustt Rugova, who had been a prominent fighter against the qualitative issues that were penetrated Kosovo during World War II.
Ibrahim Rugova was elected on December 23rd 1989, chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo, the first political party in Kosovo to directly challenge the then regime.
