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Fatos Nano

Fatos Thanas Nano (born September 16, 1952) is the Prime Minister of Albania, from the Socialist Party of Albania. Nano has a degree in political economy as well as a PhD in economics from the University of Tirana.

Nano was born in Tirana, and he became a communist and later socialist leader. He was nominated for the post of Prime Minister by the then President Ramiz Alia in 1991, but was forced to resign after popular protests and strikes.

He was imprisoned in 1993 for corruption, but was acquitted of those charges in 1999 after his party had come to power. In 1997, following the collapse of several pyramid schemes, and the ensuing civil unrest that bordered on civil war, Nano's nemesis, then-President Sali Berisha was forced to resign. 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.

See also

• History of Albania
• Politics of Albania
• List of Prime Ministers of Albania

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