Arbën Xhaferi

Arbën Xhaferi
Arbën Xhaferi
Representative at the Macedonian Parliament 1990 - 2012
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Born	24 January 1948; Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia)
Died	15 August 2012 (aged 64); Skopje Clinical Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia)
Political party	Democratic Party of Albanians
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Profession	Politician
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Arbën Xhaferi (24 January 1948 – 15 August 2012) was a Macedonian politician of Albanian origin. He was born in Tetovo, Yugoslavia, and died in 2012 at the Skopje Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Xhaferi was president of the Democratic Party of Albanians, an ethnic Albanian political party in the Republic of 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 Albanian minority 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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