Leka | |||||
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Head of the House of Zogu | |||||
Period | 30 November 2011 – present | ||||
Predecessor | Leka, Crown Prince of Albania | ||||
Born | Sandton Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa | 26 March 1982||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Princess Geraldine | ||||
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House | Zogu | ||||
Father | Leka, Crown Prince of Albania | ||||
Mother | Susan Cullen-Ward | ||||
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Leka, Prince of Albania (Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin Msiziwe Zogu, born 26 March 1982) is the current head of the House of Zogu, the former royal family of Albania.
At the time of his birth on 26 March 1982, the South African government, by order of Prime Minister P. W. Botha, declared his maternity ward extraterritorial land, to ensure that Leka was born on Albanian soil. Leka is the only child of Leka, Crown Prince of Albania and his wife Susan, Crown Princess of Albania. He is the only grandchild of King Zog I of the Albanians, succeeding as head of the royal house upon the death of his father in 2011. He has worked as an official at the country's interior and foreign ministries. He also served as a political advisor to the Albanian President from 2012 to 2013.[1]
In May 2010, Leka became engaged to Elia Zaharia,[2] an Albanian actress and singer. They married on 8 October 2016 in Tirana.[3] In January 2024, they revealed they were getting a divorce.[4]