Arbën Xhaferi Explained

Arbën Xhaferi
Office:Representative at Macedonia Parliament
Primeminister:Nikola Kljusev
Branko Crvenkovski
Ljubčo Georgievski
Branko Crvenkovski
Radmila Šekerinska
Hari Kostov
Radmila Šekerinska
Vlado Bučkovski
Nikola Gruevski
Term Start:1990
Term End:August 15, 2012
Birth Date:24 January 1948
Birth Place:Tetovo, FPR Yugoslavia (now Republic of North Macedonia)
Death Place:Skopje Clinical Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (now Republic of North Macedonia)
Nationality:Macedonian
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Albanian
Party:Democratic Party of Albanians
Profession:Politician
Alma Mater:University of Belgrade
Signature:Arbën Xhaferi (nënshkrim).svg

Arbën Xhaferi (24 January 1948 – 15 August 2012) was a Macedonian politician of Albanian origin.[1] He was born in Tetovo, Yugoslavia, modern day North Macedonia and died in 2012 at the Skopje Hospital, Macedonia, after a cerebral hemorrhage. Xhaferi was president of the Democratic Party of Albanians, an ethnic Albanian political party in Macedonia, and was an advocate of rights for ethnic Albanians in the country. He is best known for calling for a change in the Preamble of the Constitution. He published two works focusing on the Albanians in Macedonia, "The DPA Non-Paper", and "The Challenges of Democracy in Multiethnic States," reiterating the beliefs of the PDPA.

Early life and professional career

Xhaferi passed most of his life in Pristina. He returned to the biggest Albanian Party, the Party for Democratic Prosperity in years of big contradictions, which ended with the division of this party. From this party came the Albanian Democratic Party, led by Xhaferi until 2007, when he became an honorary leader.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marusic . Sinisa Jakov . 2012-08-15 . Veteran Albanian Macedonian Leader, Arben Xhaferi, Dies . 2023-04-17 . Balkan Insight . en-US.