Liri Berisha

Sali and Liri Berisha with Barack and Michelle Obama, September 2009

Liri Berisha, née Ramaj, is an Albanian pediatrician and president of the Albanian Children Foundation, and also an UNICEF ambassador. She is of Slavic origin. Her foundation focuses on children with autism and downs syndrome.[1] She is the wife of Sali Berisha, the former President and Prime Minister of Albania, with whom she has two children, daughter Argita, and son Shkëlzen.

Liri Berisha was born Slobodanka Ramaj, the daughter of Rexhep Ramaj Balidemaj, an ethnic Albanian from Martinovići near Plav, at the time part of Yugoslavia (now Montenegro), and Milica Bulatović, a Serbian woman of Montenegrin descent born and raised in Belgrade. After the Yugoslav-Albanian split in 1948, her name was changed by the government to Liri.[2]

In 2009, the Women's Information Network named Berisha "Woman of the Year".[3] In 2014, she won the Autism Speaks award.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Albanian Children Foundation" (PDF). Autismeurope.org. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  2. ↑ FAKSIMILE: A e ka korrigjuar më në fund emrin e nënës në Gjendjen Civile, zonja Berisha? [Facsimile: Did Mrs. Berish correct her mother's name in the Civic Office registers?] (in Albanian), Gazeta Dita, 2015-05-08, Liri Berisha është e bija e Rexhepit dhe Milicës. Rexhep Ramaj është një shqiptar i Malit të Zi dhe është martuar hershëm me shtetasen “Milica”, mbiemri i vajzërisë të së cilës është ende i pakonfirmuar tërësisht. Por në përpjekje për të mësuar më shumë, zbuluam se në prezantimin zyrtar të kryeministrit të Shqipërisë, zonja Liri Berisha përshkruhet si e bija e Rexhep Ramajt dhe Milica Bulatoviçit.
  3. ↑ "Honoring The First Lady Of Albania, Dr. Liri Berisha". Capitol Words. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Dr.Liri Berisha, Global Autism Achievement Award". Albanianchildren.org. 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2015-11-24.

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