Fatos Nano

Fatos Nano
Nano in 2004
25th Prime Minister of Albania
In office
31 July 2002 – 10 September 2005
PresidentAlfred Moisiu
Preceded byPandeli Majko
Succeeded bySali Berisha
In office
25 July 1997 – 28 September 1998
PresidentRexhep Meidani
Preceded byBashkim Fino
Succeeded byPandeli Majko
In office
22 February 1991 – 5 June 1991
PresidentRamiz Alia
Preceded byAdil Çarçani
Succeeded byYlli Bufi
Personal details
Born
Fatos Thanas Nano

(1952-09-16) 16 September 1952 (age 72)
Tirana, PR Albania
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse(s)Rexhina Nano (1976–2001)
Xhoana Nano (2002–present)
Children
  • Sokol
  • Edlira
  • Klajdi (step-son)
Parent(s)Thanas Nano (Father), Maria Nano (née Shuteriqi)- Mother
Alma materUniversity of Tirana
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Fatos Thanas Nano (listen; born 16 September 1952)[1] is an Albanian socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of Albania in 1991, from 1997 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2005. He was the first leader and founder of the Socialist Party of Albania and a member of the Albanian Parliament from 1991 to 1993 and 1997 to 2009. He reformed the anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist ideology of the Labor Party of Albania into social democracy for its successor, the Socialist Party.[2] During his leadership, the Socialist Party, as a result of reforms, joined the Socialist International and Party of European Socialists.[3][4] Nano was a candidate in the 2007 presidential election but did not win. He again tried in the 2012 presidential election,[5] but he did not even qualify as a candidate, because the leaders of parties in Parliament obstructed their respective MPs to elect him as candidate in the elections.[6]

  1. ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard (2022-11-29). Profile of the Prime Minister. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857431261.
  2. ^ "Të jetosh kohën", Rexhina Nano, page 108, Botimet DUDAJ, 2008.
  3. ^ "XX Congress of the Socialist International", New York, September 9–11, 1996.
  4. ^ "PES Associate Parties" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Fatos Nano, interviste ne Top Story" Archived 2013-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Sokol Balla, April 19, 2012.
  6. ^ "Takimi ne mbremje, Rama sot me Berishën: Nano, jo kandidat i PS" Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Panorama, June 3, 2012.