(1944-12-02)2 December 1944 Cërrcë, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)
Died
21 January 2006(2006-01-21) (aged 61) Prishtinë, United Nations Administered Kosovo
Cause of death
Cancer
Political party
LDK (1989–2006)
Spouse
Fana Rugova
Children
Mendim Rugova Ukë Rugova Teuta Rugova
Awards
Hero of Kosovo
Signature
Ibrahim Rugova[a] (Albanian pronunciation:[ibɾahimɾugova]; 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. The LDK, which had the support of 90% of the ethnic Albanian population of Kosovo, advocated for Kosovo's independence by peaceful means. The party established a shadow government that provided basic government and social services to the Kosovo Albanian population, including education and health care, in effect creating a parallel state. In May 1992, Rugova was elected President of this parallel state. In March 2002, with a United Nations mission was administering Kosovo, he was elected President of Kosovo. He held this position until his death in January 2006, and was posthumously declared a Hero of Kosovo. He is sometimes referred to as Ati Kombit ("Father of the Nation") in Kosovo.[1] He is also referred to as the Gandhi of the Balkans due to his strategy of non-violent resistance.[2][3]
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