Yugoslav Ambassador to Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica
In office 1977–1981
Preceded by
Branko Vukušić
Succeeded by
Jože Brilej
Assistant Secretary of the Federal Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
In office 1981–1983
Minister
Josip Vrhovec Lazar Mojsov
In office 1974–1977
Minister
Miloš Minić
Yugoslav Ambassador to Bolivia
In office 1971–1974
Preceded by
Iztok Žagar
Succeeded by
Luka Belamarić
Vice-President of the Assembly of SAP Kosovo
In office 1969–1970
President
Ilaz Kurteshi
Personal details
Born
(1929-06-08)8 June 1929
Died
22 December 1988(1988-12-22) (aged 59) Madrid, Spain
Cause of death
Car accident
Citizenship
Yugoslav
Nationality
Kosovo Albanian
Children
Veton and Flaka
Alma mater
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
Occupation
Diplomat
Profession
Journalist and writer
Rexhai Surroi (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Реџаји Суроји, romanized: Redžaji Suroji; 8 June 1929 – 22 December 1988) was a Yugoslav Albanian journalist, diplomat and writer.
RexhaiSurroi (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Реџаји Суроји, romanized: Redžaji Suroji; 8 June 1929 – 22 December 1988) was a Yugoslav Albanian journalist,...
for a number of years before he entered politics in Kosovo. Surroi's father, RexhaiSurroi, was one of the very few Albanians to become ambassadors of...
Flaka Surroi (born 1964) is a notable Kosovo-Albanian publisher. She comes from the family of Kosovo politician and diplomat RexhaiSurroi, and is a sibling...
novel by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. Apart from winning the RexhaiSurroi Prize for the best book of the year, in Kosovo the novel was also shortlisted...
changing attitudes towards Islam in Kosovo. In 2013 she was awarded the RexhaiSurroi Award by the KOHA Group for an article on extremism and the Stirring...
rewarded with several national and international prizes, including the RexhaiSurroi Prize for best novel of the year in Albanian speaking territories, for...
"hornet". His 2008 novel The Fall of the Stone City was awarded the RexhaiSurroi Prize in Kosovo, and was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction...
autobiography based on interviews with Fadil Hoxha by Veton Surroi and his father RexhaiSurroi was published under the title "Fadil Hoxha në vetën e parë"...
rewarded with several national and international prizes, including the RexhaiSurroi Prize for the best Albanian novel of the year 2012, for his novel, "Legjenda...
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