Arben Fahri Imami (born 21 January 1958) is an
Albania
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n politician and former actor. He served as the minister of defense between 2009 and 2013.
Biography
Imami was born in
Tirana
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, and attended the High Institute of Arts of Tirana between 1977 and 1981. Later he was a professor at the
Academy of Arts of Tirana
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. He is one of the founders of the
Democratic Party of Albania
The Democratic Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë, PD or PDSH) is a conservative political party in Albania. It has been the largest opposition party in the country since 2013.
The Democratic Party of Albania was founded ...
in 1990, and has been elected a Member of Parliament in five legislatures.
Political posts Imami has held include minister of legislative reform and parliament relations from 1997 to 1999, minister of justice from 2000 to 2001, minister of local government and decentralization from 2000 to February 2002, and from 2005 to 2009 he was the chief of cabinet of the prime minister.
During 1999 and 2000, he had a fellowship at the
School of Foreign Service
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It is considered to be one of the world's leading international affairs schools, granting degrees at bo ...
of
Georgetown University
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in Washington, D.C.
He has acted in three films,
Face to Face (1979) "Në çdo stinë" (1980) and (Vajzat me kordele te kuqe)
Te shoh ne sy (1986)
See also
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1997 rebellion in Albania
References
External links
Arben Imamiat the
Council of Ministers
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website
Biographyat the Ministry of Defense website.
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1958 births
Living people
Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
Democratic Party of Albania politicians
Politicians from Tirana
Government ministers of Albania
Defence ministers of Albania
21st-century Albanian politicians
Justice ministers of Albania