Organization:Armed Forces Academy (Albania)
Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura | |
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| Type | Military Academy |
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| Established | May 10, 1958 |
| Rector | Ruzhdi Kuçi |
| Students | Officers of the Albanian Armed Forces |
| Location | , Albania |
| Website | tradoc |
The Armed Forces Academy (AFA) (Albanian: Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura) is a military education institution which trains military officers (for the army, navy and air force) in Albania. The school was formed in 1945 as "Shkolla e Oficerëve" and closed in the early 1990s. It reopened in 1995 under the supervision of the Military Academy of Hannover, Germany .[1][2][3]
History
The Academy of the Armed Forces was established decision of the government on 10 May 1958, in the Rrapit i Treshit District of Tirana, initially with the name Military High School.[3] The school bore the conventional number of Military Department No. 2002.[3] The Council of Ministers, on October 28, 1961 decided that on the basis of the Military High School to establish the "Military Academy of the People's Republic of Albania" with a three year educational program accredited by the Ministry of Education.[3]
By a special decision of the Council of Ministers, on 5 January 1963, the Military Academy was renamed to the "Mehmet Shehu Military Academy",[3] honoring the 50th birthday of the then-Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu.[4] Years later, in December 1992, the institution was renamed the General Staff Academy.[3] The Academy was in 1994 renamed to the Defense Academy of Albania.[3] In 1998 the Defense Academy was accepted as a full member of the council of military academies of NATO.[3] In 2004, the Defense Academy was renamed the Spiro Moisiu Defense Academy. In early 2012, the Academy was renamed the Academy of the Armed Forces. It consisted of 2 Faculties:[3]
- the Faculty of Security and Defense (remnants of the former Spiro Moisiu Defense Academy)
- the Center for Foreign Languages and the Faculty of General Education (remnants of the former Skanderbeg Military Academy)
Leaders
The leaders of this unique institution over the years have been:[3]
- Major General Thoma Xhixho (1958-1961)
- Major General Spiro Shalesi (1961-1964)
- Major General Ernest Jakova (1964-1967)
- Colonel Koli Mborja (1968-1970)
- Lieutenant General Vaskë Gjino (1970-1974)
- Colonel Mendu Tetova (1974-1975)
- Major General Vehbi Hoxha (1975-1977)
- Prof. Spiro Adhami (1977-1981)
- Major General Kostaq Karoli (1982-1991)
- Colonel Halim Abazi (1991-1993)
- Brigadier General Ali Koçeku (1994-1997)
- Major General Ruzhdi Gjatoja (1998-2000)
- Colonel Flamur Skrapalliu (2000-2001)
- Colonel Selim Shiroka (2001-2003)
- Colonel Dhori Spirollari (2003-2005)
- Rear Admiral Kudret Çela (2005-2008)
- Colonel Nexhbedin Shehu (2009-2010)
- Colonel Kristaq Xharo (May 2010-July 2011)
- Colonel Perikli Koliçi (August 2011-September 2012)
- Colonel Agim Sula (September 2012-September 2014)
- Colonel Idriz Hazhiaj (October 2014-November 2015)
- Colonel Ruzhdi Kuçi (January 2016-December 2017)
See also
- List of universities in Albania
- Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
References
- ↑ "55 Vjet, Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura". http://www.mbrojtja.gov.al/arkiv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2488:55-vjet-akademia-e-forcave-te-armatosura&catid=87&Itemid=662.
- ↑ Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura nis vitin e ri Akademik
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "Historiku i Akademive dhe Shkollave Ushtarake". https://www.tradoc.mil.al/misioniafa-2.
- ↑ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1963) (in en). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. https://books.google.com/books?id=iEtSNHq5HakC&q=Mehmet+Shehu+Military+Academy&pg=RA12-PP1.
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