Fatos Nano
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Fatos Thanas Nano (born September 16, 1952) is a Member of the Albanian Parliament, representing Sarandë constituency. He was Prime Minister of Albania during several periods and leader of the Socialist Party of Albania. Nano has a degree in political economy as well as a Ph.D. 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 pardoned in 1997 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 of 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. He is often jokingly referred to as the "Yo-Yo Prime Minister of Albania" because of his many times in office.
On 3 July 2005, the Socialist Party lost its majority in the parliament. As a result, Nano was unable to form the new government. The Democratic Party of Albania gained the majority enabling Nano's long time opponent Sali Berisha to head the new government. On 1 September 2005, Nano resigned his leadership of the Socialist Party of Albania, and from the post of Prime Minister.
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