Albin Kurti, Personality of the Year 2011
31/12/2011 00:00
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The Albanian people have voted through internet in the poll organized by
Top Channel, and they have chosen Albin Kurti, the leader of the
Self-Determination Movement in Kosovo, as the Personality of the Year.
Kurti received the greatest number of votes in a race that for the first
time has seen very close results, especially in the last week.
Albin Kurti becomes the main personality of the Albanian lands, in the poll organized by Top Channel. One reason for this choice has been the always increasing personality of this political leader in Kosovo, who has turned into a main figure even in Albania, Macedonia and the Diaspora. Through the symbolic actions on terrain, against the government, Albin Kurti has turned the Self-Determination Movement from a civil movement to a parliamentary party, with great significance in the political life of Kosovo.
Another leader of a similar movement is the one that has been voted second, Kreshnik Spahiu, the leader of the Red and Black Alliance, who aims to protect the rule of law, the religious and ethnic harmony in Albania.
The movement created by Mr. Spahiu has raised awareness among Albanians in all the lands where they live.
On the third place were the victims of January 21st, the four persons who lost their lives in the opposition protest in front of the Prime Minister’s office. The voting for them has another significant symbolic, for a tragedy that will be carved in the memory of the Albanians and that marked year 2011.
The Socialist leader, Edi Rama, keeps the fourth place, while the historian Kristo Frasheri is ranked fifth. The Tirana Mayor, Lulzim Basha held the sixth position, followed by the football player Lorik Cana in the seventh. The President of the Albanian republic was ranked eighth, while the artist Saimir Strati, who set his sixth Guiness record a few times ago, holds the ninth place. The soprano Ermonela Jaho was chosen by the Albanian voters in the tenth place, for her singing in the best scenes of the world.
This is the seventh year that Top Channel organizes the “Personality of the Year” internet poll.
Top Channel
