Armed Forces Academy (Albania)

Short description: Military academy in Tirana, Albania

Armed Forces Academy

Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura

Type| Military Academy
Established| May 10, 1958 (1958-05-10)
Rector| Ruzhdi Kuçi
Students| Officers of the Albanian Armed Forces
Location|

Tirana

Albania

Website| tradoc.mil.al

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]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Leaders
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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

1. ↑ "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.
2. ↑ Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura nis vitin e ri Akademik
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 "Historiku i Akademive dhe Shkollave Ushtarake". https://www.tradoc.mil.al/misioniafa-2.
4. ↑ 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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Public|

* University of Tirana
* Polytechnic University of Tirana
* Agricultural University of Tirana
* Armed Forces Academy
* Center for Albanological Studies
* Security Academy
* Sports University of Tirana
* University of Arts
* University of Medicine
* Aleksandër Moisiu University
* Luigj Gurakuqi University
* Aleksandër Xhuvani University
* Eqrem Çabej University
* Fan Noli University
* University of Vlorë

Private|

* Albanian University
* Bedër University
* Canadian Institute of Technology
* Catholic University "Our Lady of Good Counsel"
* Epoka University
* European University of Tirana
* Ivoclar Vivadent & Partners College
* Luarasi University
* Marin Barleti University
* Marubi film school
* Metropolitan University of Tirana
* Polis University
* Pavarësia University
* University of New York Tirana

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