Ibrahim Rugova

Ibrahim Rugova

Ibrahim Rugova (Albanian pronunciation: [ibɾahim ɾugova]; 2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was a Kosovo-Albanian politician, scholar, and writer, who served as the President of the partially recognised Republic of Kosova, serving from 1992 to 2000 and as President of Kosovo from 2002 until his death in 2006. He oversaw a popular struggle for independence, advocating a peaceful resistance to Yugoslav rule and lobbying for U.S. and European support, especially during the Kosovo War. He founded the political party Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibrahim Rugova has received more than 422,376 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Ibrahim Rugova is the 1,856th most popular politician (up from 2,014th in 2019). (up from 4th in 2019)

Ibrahim Rugova was a politician who was most famous for his work in the Republic of Kosovo. He served as the first President of Kosovo from 1992 to 2006, and was the founder of the Democratic League of Kosovo.