| Skënder Zogu | |
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| House | House of Zogu |
| Father | Xhelal Bey Zogu |
| Mother | Faika Minxhalli |
| Born | 3 June 1933 Davos, Switzerland |
Skënder Zogu (born on 3 June 1933 in Davos, Switzerland) is the son of HH. Prince of Albanian Kingdom Xhelal Zogu and Faika Minxhalli. He is the first cousin of King Leka I (known as Leka, Crown Prince of Albania). On 7 April 1939 (Italian invasion of Albania), with a group of Albanian personalities he left Albania for Istanbul (via Shkupi). Skënder Zogu is recognized and respected by the Albanian diaspora for his fight against Communism and his contribution towards the return of the monarchy in Albania. He is currently the head Senator within the Legality Movement Party, and has been very active in supporting this party with its political ambitions.
He has also been very involved in charity events whilst being very active in the early years of the return of democracy to Albania as a democratic activist. In later years he was an organizer of the diaspora in support of the Kosovo Liberation Army, and continues his support for the recognition process of Kosovas independence. He currently resides in Chantilly, France.
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Finished his secondary school in Istanbul. On October 1947 he left Turkey for Egypt and Finished the French College of St. Marc. He later obtained his GCE at Victoria College. Left Alexandria with the Royal Family for Cannes on 25 July. At the Huddersfield College of Technology which later became the University of Huddersfield (York), Skënder graduated in 1958 in Textile and Color Chemistry. Languages: Albanian, French, English, Greek, Turkish, Arabic.
He worked for one year for LB Holiday, dye manufacturers, later moving to France where he got a job as a senior technologist with a French firm Francolor, (Villers St. Paul Works) where he worked for 25 years as a textile printing specialist. From 1986 to 1999 he joined KVK Danemark as a textile sales manager for France, Turkey, Australia etc. From 1980 till 1995 he was also head of the Press Office of the Royal Court in exile. He retired in 1999.