Magjistralja ibrahim rugova biography

Born December 2, 1944, in Cerrcë, Kosovo; died of lung cancer, January 21, 2006, in Pristina, Kosovo. President of Kosovo.

Magjistralja ibrahim rugova biography

Ibrahim Rugova guided the Balkan territory of Kosovo through its long and often bloody struggle for independence. Often referred to as the father of his nation, Rugova was a college professor who emerged as an unlikely leader of Kosovo in the late 1980s when this province of Serbia suffered its first wave of violence against its majority Albanian populace.

Rugova's "academic appearance," noted New York Times writer Nicholas Wood, "and resolute pacifism in the face of severe repression and human rights abuses by Serbian security forces in the region made him a near legendary figure among his followers."

Rugova came from a village called Cerrcë in Kosovo, a province in southern Serbia.

Kosovo was home to a large population of ethnic Albanians from neighboring Albania, with Rugova's family among them. He was born in 1944, during the height of W