Izet Ibrahimi (born January 1, 1962) is a retired Albanian politician from

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, and a former mayor of

Glogovac Drenas, also known as Gllogoc or Glogovac, is a town and municipality in central Kosovo. As of the 2011 census, there were 6,143 people residing in Drenas and 58,531 in the municipality. History The municipality of Drenas was established be ...

. He is currently a lecturer.

Biography

Izet Ibrahimi was born near

to Albanian parents. He finished high school in

Prishtina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

in 1981, later attending the Faculty of Geoscience and Technology of the

University of Prishtina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the K ...

, from which he graduated in 1986. Ibrahimi graduated from the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the ...

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

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in 2008 titled "Opportunities to bramces exploitation of Ferronickel for producing construction materials", defending it at the Faculty of Geoscience and Technology of

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

. Following the adoption of UNSCR 1244, he co-founded the

Democratic Party of Kosovo The Democratic Party of Kosovo ( sq, Partia Demokratike e Kosovës; abbr. ''PDK'') is one of the largest political parties in Kosovo. It was originally a social-democratic party coming out of the demilitarised Kosovo Liberation Army after the K ...

(PDK) in

. He was a member of the General Board for three terms. In the first democratic elections after the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the wa ...

, 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 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahimi, Izet 1962 births Living people People from Drenas