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Shaqir Totaj
Shaqir Totaj is a Kosovo-Albanian conservative politician currently serving as Mayor of Prizren. Totaj was elected mayor in 2021 and belongs to the center-right PDK party. Early life and education Shaqir Totaj was born on 24 December 1960 in Prizren, in the then Kosovo which was part of Socialist Yugoslavia. He finished high school in Prizren and went on to graduate from the University of Prishtina Economics Faculty. During his tenure as head of the Prizren branch of the KTA (Kosovo Tax Administration), he was part of the year long Hubert Humphrey Fellowship at the University of Washington with the support of the American Embassy, his study was in the field of "Management and Leadership of the Public Sector". Political career Shaqir Totaj was the PDK's candidate for the 2017 election for the Mayor of Prizren. He managed to gain the most votes in the first round but lost the second round to LVV candidate Mytaher Haskuka with the difference between them being less than 400 v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prizren
Prizren ( sq-definite, Prizreni, ; sr-cyr, Призрен) is the second List of cities and towns in Kosovo, most populous city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and District of Prizren, district. It is located on the banks of the Prizren Bistrica, Prizren River between the foothills of the Sharr Mountains in southern Kosovo. Prizren experiences a continental climate with some mediterranean climate, mediterranean influences. Prizren is constitutionally designated as the historical capital of the country. Archaeological excavations in Prizren Fortress indicate that its fortress area has seen habitation and use since the Bronze Age. Prizren has been traditionally identified with the settlement of Theranda in Roman Dardania (Roman province), Dardania, although other locations have been suggested in recent research. In late antiquity it was part of the defensive fortification system in western Dardania and the fort was recons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
