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	Alfred Moisiu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moisiu's advice was to concentrate the efforts to the reconstruction of the armed forces that were in bad condition, and to start preparations for joining NATO.
		Moisiu was found fitting that post since he was a researcher, was politically neutral, was known as an effective reconciliatior (a very appreciated quality in Albania which tends to inner quarrels) and had a decisive Western and NATO orientation.
		Moisiu was elected by the People's Assembly by a vote of 97 for, 19 against, 14 abstained, and he was sworn in for a five-year term as president on July 24, 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_Moisiu (819 words)

	Alfred Moisiu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Spiro Moisiu (born December 1, 1929) has been President (The chief executive of a republic) of Albania (A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula) since July 24, 2002.
		Moisiu's advice was to concentrate the efforts to the reconstruction of the armed forces that were in bad condition, and to start preparations for joining NATO (An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security).
		From 1995, Moisiu attended to the VIPs' courses of the NATO College in Rome (Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alfred_moisiu.htm (1156 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Moisiu, whose election last month was hailed as a reversal of Albania's 12 years of political stalemate, has vowed to fight crime and corruption and has set the country's sights on Western integration.
		Moisiu was elected Albania's new president last month by an overwhelming majority vote of consensus between ruling and opposition parties.
		Moisiu is known for his strong family ties and appreciation for Albanian culture and traditions.
	www.rferl.org /features/2002/07/25072002145216.asp (563 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alfred Moisiu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Aleksander Gabriel Meksi (born 1939) was the prime minister of Albania from April 13, 1992 to March 11, 1997.
		Pandeli Majko Pandeli Majko (born in 1967 in Tirana) was Prime Minister of Albania from 1998-1999 and for a short time in 2002.
		Moisiu was elected by the People's Assembly by a vote of 97 for, 19 against, and he was sworn in for a five-year term as president on July 24, 2002.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alfred-Moisiu (2141 words)

	Albania - Wikipedia
		On July 24, 2002, Alfred Moisiu was sworn in as President of the Republic.
		The peaceful transfer of power from Meidani to Moisiu was the result of an agreement between the parties to engage each other within established parliamentary structures.
		This "truce" ushered in a new period of political stability in Albania, making possible significant progress in democratic and economic reforms, rule of law initiatives, and the development of Albania's relations with its neighbors and the U.S. Nationwide municipal elections were held in October 2003.
	ms.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albania (867 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: President's son dies in cliff plunge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The son of Albanian President Alfred Moisiu was killed when his 4X4 vehicle plunged off a cliff into a river today.
		He said he was sitting in the back, while Moisiu and the driver where in the front of the vehicle which submerged under water.
		Moisiu, who is married, worked at the Prosecutor General’s office and was on an assignment when the car crashed.
	www.breakingnews.ie /2004/03/10/story137768.html (276 words)

	Director-General welcomes Mr Alfred Moisiu, President of Albania, at UNESCO for the inauguration of exhibition on ...
		On 7 October, the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, received at UNESCO Mr Alfred Moisiu, Albanian President, who was accompanied by Mr Blendi Klosi, Minister of Culture, and Ambassador Tatiana Gjonaj, Permanent Delegate of Albania to UNESCO.
		During their discussion, Mr Moisiu and Mr Matsuura talked about the Regional Summit “The Development of Inter-ethnic and Inter-religious Dialogue - Important Factor for the Stability and Progress of South-East Europe” to be convened jointly by the President and the Director-General in Tirana, Albania, on 9 and 10 December 2004.
		President Moisiu felt Albania to be a particularly appropriate venue for furthering the dialogue since it is the country in which three different religions coexist peacefully.
	portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=23197&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (377 words)

	Alfred Moisiu - President of Albania
		Alfred Moisiu was sworn in as the president of Albania on June 24, 2002, becoming the head of state at age 73.
		Moisiu, a military pioneer engineer, was born on 1 December 1929, in Shkodër, Albania.
		Moisiu carried out many duties in the Albanian Armed Forces and in the Defense Ministry, until he became Deputy Minister of Defense from 1971 to 1981.
	www.setimes.com /cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bios/moisiu_alfred (277 words)

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		Moisiu, a retired general, was the only name submitted to the 140-member chamber by a group of 40 MPs from four of the biggest parliamentary parties, but mainly from the ruling Socialists.
		The paper predicted that the choice of Moisiu by all parties would assure a greater acceptance of the result of future elections, “not because of the fact that Moisiu is the head of state, but because certain mechanisms have been created by the head of the state in order not to allow vote stealing.”
		On the question of Moisiu's ability to fulfill the important duty of head of the Albanian state, Deputy Chairman of the Reformed Democrat Party (RDP) Tritan Shehu told Albania (June 28) that "there will be difficulties for [Moisiu] because of his lack of active political experience.
	www.worldpress.org /article_model.cfm?article_id=757&dont=yes (1081 words)

	AATDA - Albanian American Trade and Development Association
		Moisiu was elected last month by a comfortable majority in parliament, in a rare act of political consensus between the governing Socialist Party and the opposition party of Sali Berisha, a former president.
		The mutual endorsement of Moisiu as an independent candidate by Berisha and Socialist Party leader Fatos Nano was meant to end a period of political bickering which has left lawmakers largely ineffective in implementing economic and political reforms.
		Moisiu, a World War II veteran, was defense minister in 1991-1992 in a transition government formed after the fall of communism.
	www.albaniabiz.org /news/aug_10_2002_B.html (421 words)

	SEE Portal - Homepage / In depth / Development / Population - President Moisiu participates in the International Forum ...
		The President of the Republic Mr.Alfred Moisiu departed yesterday to Sweden to participate in the International Forum 2004 in Stockholm "Genocides prevention: The threatening and responsibilities".
		President Moisiu is expected to speak in front of other government leaders, political leaders, academics and representatives of civil society organizations.
		Soon after his return home, President Moisiu will travel to the USA where he will participate in the prayer breakfast, an activity that is held every year in this country.
	see.oneworld.net /article/view/77582/1/528 (186 words)

	[ NATO Summit 2002 ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Moisiu is the fourth person to be elected president of the Republic of Albania since the fall of communism in 1992.
		He previously served in the Albanian Defense Ministry, first as defense minister and later as an adviser to the defense minister and deputy defense minister.
		During his career, President Moisiu held several assignments at the engineering directory of the Albanian Defense Ministry.
	www.rferl.org /specials/nato/alfred-bio.asp (183 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Former general elected Albanian president
		Moisiu was the second candidate leaders agreed on
		BBC regional analyst Genc Lamani says it remains to be seen whether the compromise heralds the start of a new era in Albanian politics, or whether it is a purely temporary expedient.
		Mr Moisiu was the country's defence minister until 1981, before being sacked for treason by the country's communist dictator Enver Hoxha.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2062927.stm (421 words)

	Window International Network - Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Also in 2002, under pressure from international organization, Alfred Moisiu became the consensual candidate of all main political parties for the presidency of the Republic of Albania.
		He was found fitting that post since he was a researcher, was politically neutral, was known as an effective reconciliatior (a very appreciated quality in Albania which tends to inner quarrels) and had a decisive Western and NATO orientation.
		Albania now hopes to sign an association accord with the EU as soon as possible but was told in early 2004 that there will have to be greater progress on political and economic reforms before that can happen.
	www.win1040.com /leadersb/a0000439.cfm (492 words)

	Former president Berisha new Albanian prime minister
		Albanian President Alfred Moisiu (L) shakes hands with Sali Berisha in Tirana.
		Moisiu appointed Berisha as prime minister and asked him to form a government following the victory of his centre-right coalition in the July 3 elections.
		Albanian President Alfred Moisiu appointed former president Sali Berisha as prime minister and asked him to form a government following the victory of his centre-right coalition in the July 3 elections.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?ID=68487 (637 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In June 2002, Gen. (ret.) Alfred Moisiu was elected president as the consensus candidate of both the PDS and PSS.
		As mentioned, rapprochement between the PSS and PDS then led to the election of consensus candidate Alfred Moisiu as president.
		The 1997 legislative elections were considered relatively free and fair considering the chaos and anarchy leading up to the event.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Alb1.htm (1317 words)

	UNESCO - Albanian president Alfred Moisiu to visit UNESCO October 7
		The Forum, organized by Alfred Moisiu and Mr Matsuura, will bring together heads of state and experts of the Southeast of Europe as well as representatives of regional and international organizations.
		It is being held in the wake of the Ohrid Forum for Dialogue Among Civlizations, which, in August 2003, brought together for the first time eight heads of state from the region.
		A former resistance fighter (1943-1945), Alfred Moisiu was elected president in 2002, at the age of 72.
	portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=23104&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (323 words)

	Window International Network - Day 14 - Albania & Morocco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Moisiu, once a military engineer, participated in the communist take over of Albania in the 1940s.
		Seventy-three-year-old Alfred Moisiu, after three attempts to retire, was elected President of Albania in an historic agreement between ruling socialist leader Fatos Nano and former President Sali Berisha.
		He stated that his government's priorities include improving the judicial system and the rule of law; fighting trafficking and corruption (Albania is considered on of the most corrupt states); making reforms in energy and economy; and improving security along Albania's borders by regional cooperation.
	www.win1040.com /pttw7leaders/a0000243.cfm (725 words)

	Presidenti i Republikes se Shqiperise
		The President of the Republic, Alfred Moisiu wished today during a reception organized in the premises of the Presidency a Happy New Year to all the staff of this institution.
		The President of the Republic and the Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, Alfred Moisiu, wished today a Happy New Year to the Albanian troops on peacekeeping mission in Mosul, Kabul and Sarajevo.
		The President of the Republic, Alfred Moisiu received in a meeting the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, Gianfranco Fini and the delegation that accompanied him during the short visit in Tirana.
	www.president.al /english/pub (259 words)

	Presidenti i Republikes se Shqiperise
		President Moisiu receives the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Mr.
		President Moisiu during the greeting speech fot the representatives of media on the occasion of New Year.
		President Moisiu at the Cathedral of Saint Pavli and Saint Nasi in the city of Durres.
	www.president.al /english/pub/presidenti.asp (285 words)

	Musical Cabinets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nano--expected to replace Pandeli Majko, who was named to head a caretaker Socialist government barely five months ago--was discussing his cabinet's composition in the southern Albanian resort town of Saranda with former Prime Minister Ilir Meta, who leads a strong faction in the party and whose support Nano needs to secure votes in parliament.
		The 50-year-old Socialist leader is expected to announce the cabinet on 25 July, when the country's new president, Alfred Moisiu, begins his first full day of work.
		Majko yielded to pressure from the PS steering committee, which on 15 July voted to change the internal party statutes to enable the party leader to serve as prime minister at the same time.
	www.tol.cz /look/BRR/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=5905 (805 words)

	biology - Fatos Nano
		That same year, following general elections, Nano was appointed Prime Minister by President Rexhep Meidani, only to resign again in 1998 after the protests that followed the assassination an opposition leader, Azem Hajdari.
		Nano became Prime Minister for the third time on July 25, 2002, appointed by President Alfred Moisiu.
		Two large protests in February 2004 with crowds of up to 20,000 demanded that Nano step down again for failing to properly manage the growth of the Albanian economy.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Fatos_Nano (317 words)

	Albanian president pays first official visit to UN-administered Kosovo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In a joint news conference with President Alfred Moisiu in Pristina, the capital, Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Representative Harri Holkeri said the two agreed on the need to urge the Kosovo Albanians “to travel the extra mile to ensure that they regain the trust and confidence of their Kosovo Serb fellow citizens.”
		Holkeri thanked President Moisiu for Albania’s “helpful intervention” in calling for an end to the violence that erupted in Kosovo in mid-March, the worst to hit the province since the UN took over its administration nearly five years ago when NATO forced the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops after fighting between Albanians and Serbs.
		Moisiu said Albania wanted Kosovo to progress on the path of democratization and integration.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=10484&Cr=Kosovo&Cr1=Albania (390 words)

	KOSOVAREPORT: Albanian president: Solution of Kosovo issue prevents Balkan destabilisation
		Tirana, 17 May: President of the Republic of Albania, Alfred Moisiu, stated today (Tuesday [17 May]) in Warsaw: "United Europe is not a dream, but a project of the future".
		In his speech delivered at third summit of the heads of states of the Council of Europe in Warsaw, President Moisiu appreciated the importance of this summit, the third in the European history.
		President Moisiu also spoke of the coming parliamentary election in Albania and the issue of Kosova.
	kosovareport.blogspot.com /2005/05/albanian-president-solution-of-kosovo.html (387 words)

	SFOR Informer Online: Bulgarian and Albanian Presidents Visit SFOR
		The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and the Albanian President Alfred Moisiu visited their military contigients serving with SFOR in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
		Albanian President, Alfred Moisiu an ex-army general visited the Albanian peacekeepers, serving with the German battalion.
		He was greeted with a military parade led by Battalion Commander, colonel Bussiek allowing him to discuss the Battalion's activity and meet the soldiers.
	www.nato.int /sfor/indexinf/172/p10b/t02p10b.htm (156 words)

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