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{{Short description|Albanian general and politician; former President of Albania (born 1929)}}{{Infobox officeholder | name = Alfred Moisiu | image = AlfredMoisiu.png | image_size = 220px | caption = Moisiu in 2009 | order = [[President of Albania]] | term_start = 24 July 2002 | term_end = 24 July 2007 | primeminister = [[Fatos Nano]]<br>[[Sali Berisha]] | predecessor = [[Rexhep Meidani]] | successor = [[Bamir Topi]] | order1 = Minister of Defense | term_start1 = 18 December 1991 | term_end1 = 13 April 1992 | predecessor1 = Ndriçim Karakaçi | successor1 = [[Safet Zhulali]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|12|01|df=y}} | birth_name = Alfred Spiro Moisiu | birth_place = [[Shkodër]], [[Kingdom of Albania (1928–39)|Kingdom of Albania]] | spouse = {{marriage|Milica Niça| |2002}} | children = 4 | profession = [[Military]] | signature = Alfred Moisiu (nënshkrim).svg | branch = [[Albanian People's Army]] | rank = [[General]] | allegiance = {{flag|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}} | serviceyears = 1949–1985 | nationality = Albanian }} '''Alfred Spiro Moisiu''' ({{IPA|sq|alˈfɾɛd spi'ɾɔ ˈmɔisiu|lang|Alfred_Moisiu.ogg}}; born 1 December 1929)<ref name=":0">[https://books.google.com/books?id=6inIiCF_930C&dq=Alfred+Moisiu+1929&pg=PA309 Profile of Alfred Moisiu]</ref> is an [[Albanians|Albanian]] military general, diplomat and politician who served as the [[president of Albania]] from 2002 to 2007. He is the oldest son of [[Albanian Army]] general [[Spiro Moisiu]]. == Early life, education and career == Moisiu was born into the family of General [[Spiro Moisiu]]. In 1946 he was sent to the [[Soviet Union]] as a student. In 1948 he graduated from the military engineering school in [[Saint Petersburg]] (then Leningrad). He served in [[Tirana]] as a platoon-commander at the United Officers' School (1948–1949) and as a teacher at the [[Skanderbeg Military Academy]] (1949–1951). From 1952 to 1958 he attended the Academy of Military Engineering in [[Moscow]]. Back in Albania, Moisiu continued his military career in the engineers' department of the Ministry of Defense. From 1967 to 1968 he attended the higher courses of general staff at the Defense Academy of Tirana. At the same time he commanded a [[Pontoon (boat)|pontoon]] brigade in [[Kavajë]] (1966–1971). In 1971 he became the chief of the Bureau of Engineering and Fortifications of the Ministry of Defense (under [[Enver Hoxha]], when thousands of concrete casements were built as defense against states held to be hostile). [[File:Alfred Moisiu (1947).jpg|left|thumb|150px|Alfred Moisiu as a military student in 1947]] In 1979, Moisiu received a [[PhD]] in military science. From 1981 he was Deputy Minister of Defense. Under the ministers [[Beqir Balluku]], [[Mehmet Shehu]] and Kadri Hasbiu he held this post until October 1982 (Shehu died violently in December 1981). He was appointed by [[Enver Hoxha]] to fill Albania with bunkers. Hoxha sent Moisiu to [[Burrel, Albania|Burrel]], where he served as the commander of an engineers' company from 1982 to 1984. Moisiu left active service as a general. == Post-communist politics == He returned to public life in December 1991 when he was appointed Minister of Defense in [[Vilson Ahmeti]]'s technocratic government. He held that post until April 1992 when the first Government of the [[Democratic Party of Albania|Democratic Party]], led by [[Aleksander Meksi]], was formed. The new executive invited Moisiu to work as a counselor to the Minister of Defense. In 1994, Safet Zhulali appointed him the deputy minister charged with elaborating the defence politics of Albania. Moisiu's advice was to concentrate efforts on the reconstruction of the armed forces, which were in bad condition, and to start preparations for joining the [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]] (NATO). In 1994 he founded the Albanian North Atlantic Association and was elected as its president. On January 24, 1995, he signed an individual association treaty binding Albania with NATO's [[Partnership for Peace]] project. From 1995, Moisiu attended to the VIPs' courses of the NATO College in [[Rome]]. When the [[Albanian Socialist Party]] came to power in 1997, Moisiu lost his post in the Ministry. In the following years, he took an active part in extra-governmental activity, organizing international and all-Albanian conferences where issues of security and defense in South East Europe, armament control and collecting arms from civil persons were discussed. == Re-emergence in politics == In 2002, under pressure from international organizations, Moisiu was chosen by [[Sali Berisha]] and [[Fatos Nano]] as a consensus candidate for the presidency after the end of [[Rexhep Meidani]]'s term. Moisiu was elected by the [[Assembly of Albania|People's Assembly]] by a vote of 97 to 19 (with 14 abstentions) and he was sworn in for a five-year term as president on July 24, 2002. After the constitutional reform of November 1998, politics is mainly the task of the government. Moisiu promised to contribute to the strengthening of parliamentary democracy, the stabilization of the judiciary system and the integration of Albania into Euro-Atlantic structures. The day after the beginning of Moisiu's presidency, Socialist Prime Minister [[Pandeli Majko]] resigned, and the president appointed Fatos Nano, the leader of the Socialist Party, the new [[Prime Minister of Albania]]. On May 2025, Moisiu received the title [[Honoris Causa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alfred Moisiu nderohet me titullin Honoris Causa nga Universiteti Europian i Tiranës, Spiropali: Ish-Presidenti i përket të rrallëve! |url=https://top-channel.tv/2025/05/09/alfred-moisiu-nderohet-me-titullin-honoris-causa-nga-universiteti-europian-i-tiranes-spiropali-ish-presidenti-i-perket-te-rralleve/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=top-channel.tv |language=en-US}}</ref> == Honours == === Albania === * [["Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu" Decoration]] * [[Order of the Red Star (Albania)|Order of the Red Star]] === Foreign === Moisiu has been awarded with the following awards and appointments: * [[File:Ribbon of an order of king Tomislav.png|40px]] Knight Grand Cross of the Croatian [[Grand Order of King Tomislav]] (July 2, 2007), "For outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and development co-operation between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Albania." * [[File:Order of Vytautas Commanders Grand Cross Ribbon.jpg|40px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Vytautas the Great]] (27 March 2007)<ref>Lithuanian Presidency Website, [http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html Search form] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419212238/http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html |date=2014-04-19 }}</ref> * [[File:UK Order St-Michael St-George ribbon.svg|40px]] Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] * [[File:60 victory rib.png|40px]] [[Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"]] (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Бывший президент Албании Альфред Моисиу празднует юбилей победы в Москве {{!}} Новости Албании|url=http://albania-news.ru/obshchestvo/byvshii-prezident-albanii-alfred-moisiu-prazdnuet-yubilei-pobedy-v-moskve|access-date=2021-07-04|website=albania-news.ru}}</ref> *Honorary Citizen of Bari (Italy) *[[Grand Order of King Tomislav]] (Croatia)<ref>{{cite news|date=2 July 2007|title=Odluka o odlikovanju predsjednika Republike Albanije Alfreda Moisiua|language=hr|newspaper=[[Narodne novine]]|url=http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2007/2069.htm|access-date=2008-07-10}}</ref> == See also == * [[President of Albania]] * [[Presidents of Albania]] * [[2002 Albanian presidential election|2002 presidential election]] ==External links== * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/albanian/020625104414.shtml Photo] == References == {{Reflist}} {{S-start}} {{s-off}} {{Succession box|title=[[President of Albania]]|before=[[Rexhep Meidani]]|after=[[Bamir Topi]]|years=2002–2007}} {{S-end}} {{Heads of state of Albania}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moisiu, Alfred}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from Kavajë]] [[Category:People from Kavajë]] [[Category:Moisiu family]] [[Category:Party of Labour of Albania politicians]] [[Category:Presidents of Albania]] [[Category:Albanian generals]] [[Category:Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] [[Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of Vytautas the Great]] [[Category:Government ministers of Albania]] [[Category:Defence ministers of Albania]]
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