It’s official: LDK nominates award-winning architect Perparim Rama to run for mayor of Pristina

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Gazeta Express

29/05/2021 16:54

Kosovo born award-winning architect based in London, Perparim Rama, will run for mayor of Kosovo’s capital, Pristina. Rama has been officially proposed on Saturday to run for mayoral post by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in opposition, Gazeta Express reports.

Chairman of the LDK, Lumir Abdixhiku, posted a photo with Rama confirming that the world-known architect is their candidate for Pristina mayor, and pledged that jointly with Rama they will work to solve crucial problems the capital of Kosovo is facing.

“Perparim Rama is the most known Albanian urban planning architect – awarded internationally. His extraordinary experience in London for some years now makes Perparim an national asset; a representative of the professional community and society as well,” Abdixhiku wrote on Facebook.

The LDk chairman said that he met Rama several times to discuss the problems that Pristina is facing today and plans to solve these problems.

Rama, born in Pristina went to the U.K. as an asylum seeker in 1992, becoming one of the respected architects in the world and won prestigious architecture awards for his work. /GazetaExpress/