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Kas<\/span>t<\/span>rio<\/span>t<\/span> Islami<\/span> was born in <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a and served as <\/span>t<\/span>he Speaker of <\/span>t<\/span>he Assembly of Albania from 1991 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1992, <\/span>emerging<\/span> from <\/span>t<\/span>he firs<\/span>t<\/span> elec<\/span>t<\/span>ions held af<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he es<\/span>t<\/span>ablishmen<\/span>t<\/span> of poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical pluralism. He was a physicis<\/span>t<\/span>, professor, and poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivis<\/span>t<\/span>. In his <\/span>home<\/span>t<\/span>own, he comple<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>high school and higher s<\/span>t<\/span>udies in <\/span>t<\/span>he physics depar<\/span>t<\/span>men<\/span>t<\/span> a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y of <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a in 1976. From 1976 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1979, he worked in <\/span>t<\/span>he Geology-Geodesy En<\/span>t<\/span>erprise Labora<\/span>t<\/span>ory and <\/span>t<\/span>he Direc<\/span>t<\/span>ora<\/span>t<\/span>e of Legal Me<\/span>t<\/span>rology. He pursued pos<\/span>t<\/span>gradua<\/span>t<\/span>e s<\/span>t<\/span>udies a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y of Paris XI, Orsay (1981–1985), where he received his degree as “Doc<\/span>t<\/span>or of Science” in a<\/span>t<\/span>omic and molecular physics. He also comple<\/span>t<\/span>ed several pos<\/span>t<\/span>gradua<\/span>t<\/span>e specializa<\/span>t<\/span>ions, including a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Molecular Spec<\/span>t<\/span>roscopy Labora<\/span>t<\/span>ory of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y of Giessen in Germany (1993-1995), wi<\/span>t<\/span>h a scholarship from <\/span>t<\/span>he “Alexander von Humbold<\/span>t<\/span>” Founda<\/span>t<\/span>ion. He au<\/span>t<\/span>hored <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span>s “<\/span>Baza<\/span>t<\/span> e <\/span>mekanikës<\/span> kuan<\/span>t<\/span>ike<\/span>” (“Fundamen<\/span>t<\/span>als of Quan<\/span>t<\/span>um Mechanics”) volumes I (1989) and II (1990), and co-au<\/span>t<\/span>hored “<\/span>Ush<\/span>t<\/span>rim<\/span>e<\/span> t<\/span>ë<\/span> zgjidhura<\/span> t<\/span>ë<\/span> mekanikës<\/span> kuan<\/span>t<\/span>ike<\/span>” (“Solved Exercises of Quan<\/span>t<\/span>um Mechanics”) (2000), “<\/span>Mekanika<\/span> kuan<\/span>t<\/span>ike<\/span>” (“Quan<\/span>t<\/span>um Mechanics”) (2002), and <\/span>t<\/span>he monograph “<\/span>T<\/span>eoria e <\/span>grupeve<\/span> dhe<\/span> zba<\/span>t<\/span>ime<\/span>t<\/span> e <\/span>saj<\/span> në<\/span> s<\/span>t<\/span>udimin<\/span> e <\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span>ruk<\/span>t<\/span>urës<\/span> së<\/span> lëndës<\/span>” (“Group <\/span>T<\/span>heory and I<\/span>t<\/span>s Appl<\/span>ica<\/span>t<\/span>ions <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he S<\/span>t<\/span>udy of Subjec<\/span>t<\/span> S<\/span>t<\/span>ruc<\/span>t<\/span>ure”) (1990). He published a series of ar<\/span>t<\/span>icles in <\/span>t<\/span>he scien<\/span>t<\/span>ific press bo<\/span>t<\/span>h in Albania and abroad and <\/span>par<\/span>t<\/span>icipa<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> in na<\/span>t<\/span>ional and in<\/span>t<\/span>erna<\/span>t<\/span>ional scien<\/span>t<\/span>ific ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivi<\/span>t<\/span>ies. He was a depu<\/span>t<\/span>y of <\/span>t<\/span>he Socialis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y in <\/span>t<\/span>he Al<\/span>banian Parliamen<\/span>t<\/span> from 1991 onwards and held various minis<\/span>t<\/span>erial posi<\/span>t<\/span>ions, including Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er of Educa<\/span>t<\/span>ion (March-April 1991), Speaker of <\/span>t<\/span>he Assembly (April 1991-March 1992), Depu<\/span>t<\/span>y Prime Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er (April 1998-Oc<\/span>t<\/span>ober 1998), Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er of Finance (February <\/span>2002-December 2003), and Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er of Foreign Affairs (December 2003-Sep<\/span>t<\/span>ember 2005). <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: <\/span>Kas<\/span>t<\/span>rio<\/span>t<\/span> Islami<\/span>)<\/span><\/em><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. <\/span>2 <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2008, page 306.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/<\/span>\/sq.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kas<\/span>t<\/span>rio<\/span>t<\/span>_Islami<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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