| Shkelzen Maliqi | |
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Shkelzen Maliqi. |
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| Born | 26 October 1947 |
Shkëlzen Maliqi (born 1947 in Rahovec) is an Albanian philosopher, art critic, political analyst and leading intellectual in Kosovo[a]. During the early 1990s Shkelzen was also directly involved in politics. He was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo and served as its first president from 1991 to 1993. He also held leading positions in civil society organizations such as the Kosovo Civil Society Foundation (1995–2000) and the Kosovo Helsinki Committee (1990–1997).
Maliqi has published several books on art and politics in Albanian, English, Italian, Spanish, and Serbian.
From the beginning of 1980s, Maliqi has been a regular contributor to the most important media outlets in Kosovo and ex-Yugoslavia.
Maliqi lives in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. He currently heads the "Gani Bobi" Institute for Social Studies.
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| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 86 UN member states. |
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