Menduh Thaçi
Menduh Thaçi | |
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| Leader of the Democratic Party of Albanians | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
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| Born | March 3, 1965 Tetovo, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Albanians |
Menduh Thaçi (born 3 March 1965) is the leader of the Macedonian political party Democratic Party of Albanians.[1]
Thaçi was born in Tetovo and his parents were both from Kosovo, he is the fifth of six children. He attended primary and secondary school in Tetovo and graduated from the University of Pristina.
He has been an active politician for 20 years. He started as vice-president of the Party for Democratic Prosperity of Albanians (PDPA). In 1997 a merger was formed between the Party for Democratic Prosperity of Albanians (PDPA) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He was vice-president until the year 2006, at that time he was chosen President of the Party, after Arbën Xhaferi resigned.
As of July 2012, along with DUI vice-president Xhevat Ademi, president of New Democracy Kastriot Haxhirexha, and seven other Macedonian Albanian political figures for involvement in the 2001 ethnic Albanian insurgency.[2]
References
- ^ "Key Macedonia Politician Mulls Retirement". Balkan Insight. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Мендух Тачи останува на црната листа на САД" (in Macedonian). Skopje: Makfax. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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