Behgjet Pacolli Politician
Behgjet Isa Pacolli (born 30 August 1951; Albanian pronunciation: [bɛhˈdʑɛt päˈt͡so:ɫɪ]) is a former President of the Republic of Kosovo, and First Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Hashim Thaçi where he served until the formation of the new government on the 9th December 2014. Pacolli was one of the signatories of 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence.On 30 March 2011 the Constitutional Court of Kosovo declared that the constitution was broken during his election as President and he is no longer President of the Republic of Kosovo with immediate effect.[1] Pacolli stated that he respects the decision of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo and that he will not offer his resignation but he will leave his offices from 30 March 2011.He is the President and CEO of Mabetex Group, a Swiss-based construction and civil-engineering company. Pacolli was also the President of the third biggest political party in Kosovo the New Kosovo Alliance. For the past four years, he has been involved in Kosovar politics. He is believed to be the world's richest ethnic Albanian.Behgjet was the second of a family of 10 children who grew up, like most in Kosovo at the time, in the poor countryside. Similarly to thousands of other ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, Pacolli moved to Western Europe in search of job opportunities.As a young man, Pacolli contacted companies throughout Austria and Germany seeking work and, soon after his release, he joined an Austrian company, where he worked as a sales representative for Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Poland and Russia. Two years later, he moved to Switzerland and joined a Swiss company he had gotten to know in Moscow.
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Birth date | August 30, 1950 |
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office | President of Kosovo 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo |
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other party | Independent (politician) |
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