Former Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano Dies

Former Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano has died at the age of 73 after a short hospitalization in a private hospital in Tirana. He was the founder of the Socialist Party of Albania and served as prime minister three times.

Fatos Nano was born in Tirana in 1952. He studied economics and worked in various positions before entering politics. In 1990, after the fall of the communist regime, he began his political career.

He served as Prime Minister of Albania in 1991, from 1997 to 1998, and from 2002 to 2005. He faced corruption charges and was imprisoned, but later acquitted. He was married twice and had two children from his first marriage.