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Sali
Berisha
Born on
October 15, 1944 in Tropoja. Graduated from the University of
Tirana, Faculty of Medicine (1967). After he accomplished
successfully his advanced studies in Paris (France), he
conducted a research program on Hemodynamics. In 1968 he was
elected member of the European Committee for Research on
Medical Sciences. During the teaching years in the University
of Tirana (1980 – 1990), Mr. Berisha published study books,
university textbooks and several scientific articles on
cardiology, inside and outside of Albania. Mr. Berisha holds
the scientific title “Professor Doctor”.
The political
career of Mr. Berisha started with the students’ movement of
December 1990. He became well known with his public criticisms
against the old system and the need for the democratization of
the country. In 1991, Mr. Berisha was elected chair of the
Democratic Party, to be re-elected in 1997 and later on. He
has been elected member of the parliament in the Albanian
Assembly in 1991, 1992, 1997, 2001.
Following the
elections’ triumph of the opposition coalition headed by him,
Mr. Berisha was elected President of the Republic on April 9,
1992, and re-elected on February 3, 1997. He resigned from the
President’s tenure one month after the loss of the elections
of the DP and the victory of the left coalition. Since then he
has been chair of the DP, the biggest opposition party.
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