Kimet Fetahu ( Macedonian: Кимет Фетаху) is an Albanian academic and minority rights activist. [1]
Fetahu was born in 1955 in Trebisht in the Gollobordë region of Albania and completed studies in Albania and China. [2] He has served as director of the non-governmental organization Center for Ethnic Studies. [3] [4] He has also been a university professor in Tirana. [5] Fetahu is president of the ethnic Macedonian association " Mir" (meaning peace), [6] which he founded in 1991 under its first name "Bratstvo" (meaning brotherhood). [3] [7]
Fetahu has made exaggerated estimates about the size of minority groups in Albania forming 35% of the total population. [7] He has also stated that Macedonians in Albania number between 100,000 and 130,000. [5]
In 2022, the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration officially proposed Fetahu for President of Albania. [2]
Kimet Fetahu ( Macedonian: Кимет Фетаху) is an Albanian academic and minority rights activist. [1]
Fetahu was born in 1955 in Trebisht in the Gollobordë region of Albania and completed studies in Albania and China. [2] He has served as director of the non-governmental organization Center for Ethnic Studies. [3] [4] He has also been a university professor in Tirana. [5] Fetahu is president of the ethnic Macedonian association " Mir" (meaning peace), [6] which he founded in 1991 under its first name "Bratstvo" (meaning brotherhood). [3] [7]
Fetahu has made exaggerated estimates about the size of minority groups in Albania forming 35% of the total population. [7] He has also stated that Macedonians in Albania number between 100,000 and 130,000. [5]
In 2022, the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration officially proposed Fetahu for President of Albania. [2]