The former Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kolë Berisha, died today at the age of 73, after a serious illness.
The news of his death was announced by his son, gastroenterologist Visar Berisha.
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Letter to the Reader — Why We're Asking for Your Support Contribute"Early this morning, my husband Kole left us! After a serious and painful illness, we learned not to give up on me, today, father, I accept the man who gave himself up to God in the life of his successor. More than the sheep, I feel a sense of liberation for his body, which has suffered so much in submissive silence. Due to the serious epidemiological situation and the measures that are in force today, we will not be able to organize a visit for the father. Tomorrow, on 30.08.2021 at 11:00 a.m., in the Cathedral of Mother Teresa in Pristina, the Mass of Light will be celebrated for the father, while at 13:00 p.m. the burial will be with the close family circle in the city cemetery in Pristina. I know that many of you want to be part of our family, but your health and that of everyone else is more important. Remember our father in prayer, from where you are. We accept condolences over the phone", Visar Berisha wrote on Facebook.
Who was Kole Berisha?
Born on October 26, 1947 in the village of Dobërdol in Klina, he attended primary school in the village of Ujmir. After completing the normal school in Gjakovë, he worked for two years in Ujmira and Gllarevë in Klina, and from March 8, 1973, he worked as the secretary of the gymnasium "Luigj Gurakuqi" in Klina. He also completed his law degree in Pristina.
On March 28, 1989, Berisha was arrested and sent to Serbian prisons in Leskovc, Belgrade and then Peja. After three months he was released, but fired.
With the founding of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Berisha became a member of it and for two terms in a row was a member of the Presidency of the LDK Branch in Klina and the chairman of the Commission for the Reconciliation of Enraged Families.
From March 15, 1998, he became the vice president of the LDK. After the war, he served as a member of the Transitional Council of Kosovo and a member of the Political Forum of Kosovo formed by the Special Representative for Kosovo of the United Nations, Soren Jessen-Petersen.
He was also a member of the Strategic Political Group for the settlement of the final status of Kosovo.
Kolë Berisha was Speaker of Parliament from March 2006 to 2007. He had replaced Nexhat Dacin as Speaker of Parliament.
Kolë Berisha has written prose and poetry.
KOHA publications years ago he published his work "Diary of an Isolant".