Arben Xhaferi

Who was Arben Xhaferi?

Arben Xhaferri was an Albanian politician in Macedonia. He was born in Tetovo, Yugoslavia, and died in 2012 at the Skopje Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Xhaferri was president of the Democratic Party of Albanians, an ethnic Albanian political party in the Republic of Macedonia, and was an advocate of rights for ethnic Albanians in the country. He is most known for calling for a change in the Preamble of the Constitution. He published two works focusing on the Albanian minority in Macedonia, "The DPA Non-Paper", and "The Challenges of Democracy in Multiethnic States," reiterating the beliefs of the PDPA.