Fatos Nano

Fatos Nano
Nano in 2004
25th Prime Minister of Albania
In office 31 July 2002 – 10 September 2005
President	Alfred Moisiu
Preceded by	Pandeli Majko
Succeeded by	Sali Berisha
In office 25 July 1997 – 28 September 1998
President	Rexhep Meidani
Preceded by	Bashkim Fino
Succeeded by	Pandeli Majko
In office 22 February 1991 – 5 June 1991
President	Ramiz Alia
Preceded by	Adil Çarçani
Succeeded by	Ylli Bufi
Personal details
Born	Fatos Thanas Nano (1952-09-16) 16 September 1952 (age 71) Tirana, Albania
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse(s)	Rexhina Nano (1976–2001) Xhoana Nano (2002–present)
Children	Sokol Edlira Klajdi (step-son)
Alma mater	University 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]