# Arben Imami

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{{short description|Albanian politician and actor}}
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| name            = Arben Imami
| image           = Arben Imami 091113-D-9880W-054.jpg
| caption         = Arben Imami during a visit to [The Pentagon](/source/The_Pentagon) in 2009
| office          = [Member of the Albanian parliament](/source/Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Albania)
| term_start      = 1991
| term_end        = 2017
| office2         = 32nd [Defence Minister of Albania](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Albania))
| term_start2     = 17 September 2009
| term_end2       = 15 September 2013
| prime_minister2 = [Sali Berisha](/source/Sali_Berisha)
| predecessor2    = [Gazmend Oketa](/source/Gazmend_Oketa)
| successor2      = [Mimi Kodheli](/source/Mimi_Kodheli)
| party           = [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_of_Albania)
| other_party     = [Democratic Alliance Party](/source/Democratic_Alliance_Party_(Albania)) (1996-2005)
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|01|21}}
| birth_place     = [Tirana](/source/Tirana), [People's Republic of Albania](/source/People's_Republic_of_Albania) (now [Albania](/source/Albania))
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| birth_name      = Arben Fahri Imami
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| alma_mater      = [Academy of Arts of Tirana](/source/University_of_Arts_(Albania))
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| signature       = Arben Imami (nënshkrim).svg
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'''Arben Fahri Imami''' (born 21 January 1958) is an [Albania](/source/Albania)n politician and former actor. He served as the minister of defense between 2009 and 2013.<ref name=ihs>{{cite news|title=New Albanian defence minister appointed|url=http://www.janes.com/article/27091/new-albanian-defence-minister-appointed|accessdate=15 February 2014|newspaper=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=16 September 2013|author=Nicholas de Larrinaga|location=London}}</ref>

==Biography==
Imami was born in [Tirana](/source/Tirana), and attended the High Institute of Arts of Tirana between 1977 and 1981. Later he was a professor at the [Academy of Arts of Tirana](/source/University_of_Arts_(Albania)). He is one of the founders of the [Democratic Party of Albania](/source/Democratic_Party_of_Albania) in 1990, and has been elected a Member of Parliament in five legislatures.

Political posts Imami has held include minister of legislative reform and parliament relations from 1997 to 1999, minister of justice from 2000 to 2001, minister of local government and decentralization from 2000 to February 2002, and from 2005 to 2009 he was the chief of cabinet of the prime minister.

During 1999 and 2000, he had a fellowship at the [School of Foreign Service](/source/School_of_Foreign_Service) of [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University) in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/gls/newsletters/GLS_Newsletter06winter.pdf |title=The GLS Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 2 - Class of 2000 |date=2006 |publisher=Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service |accessdate=16 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517112555/http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/gls/newsletters/GLS_Newsletter06winter.pdf |archivedate=17 May 2008 }}</ref>

He has acted in three films, [Face to Face](/source/Face_to_Face_(1979_film)) (1979)  "Në çdo stinë" (1980) and (Vajzat me kordele te kuqe) <ref>{{IMDb name|1040350}}</ref> Te shoh ne sy (1986)

==See also==
*[1997 rebellion in Albania](/source/1997_rebellion_in_Albania)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718111119/http://www.keshilliministrave.al/?fq=showcabinet&m=showpers&pID=118&gj=gj2 Arben Imami] at the [Council of Ministers](/source/Council_of_Ministers_of_Albania) website
* [http://www.mod.gov.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=939:biografia&catid=98&Itemid=474 Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908170329/http://www.mod.gov.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=939:biografia&catid=98&Itemid=474 |date=2013-09-08 }} at the Ministry of Defense website.

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Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Tirana
Category:Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
Category:Democratic Party of Albania politicians
Category:Politicians from Tirana
Category:Defence ministers of Albania
Category:21st-century Albanian politicians
Category:Justice ministers of Albania

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