Shkelzen Maliqi

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Shkelzen Maliqi
Shkelzen Maliqi.
Shkelzen Maliqi.
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Born 26 October 1947

Shkëlzen Maliqi (b. 1947) is an Albanian philosopher, art critic, political analyst and leading intellectual in Kosovo, a newborn state.[1] 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 Priština, the capital of Kosovo. He currently heads the "Gani Bobi" Institute for Social Studies.

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  1. ^ Note: the ex-Serbian province of Kosovo was under UN administration since the 1999 Kosovo War.
    See also: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

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