Izet Ibrahimi (born January 1, 1962) is a retired Albanian politician from
Kosovo, and a former mayor of
Glogovac. He is currently a
lecturer
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.
Biography
Izet Ibrahimi was born near
Glogovac,
Kosovo to
Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
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**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
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parents. He finished high school in
Prishtina in 1981,
later attending the Faculty of Geoscience and Technology of the
University of Prishtina, from which he graduated in 1986.
Ibrahimi graduated from the
University of Pristina in 1986, he earned a degree in engineering. In 1995 he enrolled in postgraduate studies at FXM. He earned the title
Master of Technical Sciences. Ibrahimi submitted a
doctoral thesis in 2008 titled "Opportunities to bramces exploitation of Ferronickel for producing construction materials",
defending it at the Faculty of Geoscience and Technology of
University of Pristina and received the academic title of ''
Doctor of Technical Sciences.''
Ibrahimi has served as the chairman of the Independent Union of "Ferronikel", chairman of the Municipal Council for Finance, and political chairman of the
KLA in the "Operative Zone" of
Glogovac.
Following the adoption of
UNSCR 1244
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, he co-founded the
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in
Glogovac. He was a member of the General Board for three terms. In the first democratic elections after the
Kosovo War, he ran for Mayor of Glogovac, winning with an approval rate of over 90%.
After leaving the PDK, Ibrahimi founded the "Citizens Initiative for Glogovac", a political movement that opposed the misrule in Glogovac. Following his retirement from politics, he is now a
lecturer
Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...
at the UM at the Faculty of Geoscience and Metallurgy.
Ibrahimi is married to Hanumshahe Zogaj, a geoscience engineer, with whom he has three children: Qëndrim, Hekuran and Erëza.
References
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1962 births
Living people
People from Drenas