Kristaq Rama

Kristaq Rama (31 July 1932  11 April 1998)[1] was an Albanian sculptor, art educator and a member of the Communist Party in Albania under Enver Hoxha's rule. He was the father of current Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Kristaq Rama
Born(1932-07-31)31 July 1932
Durrës, Albania
Died11 April 1998(1998-04-11) (aged 65)
Tirana, Albania
Known forSculpture
Family
Signature
Mother Albania. The partisan monument and graveyard on the outskirts of Tirana, Albania.

Early life and education

He was born on 31 July 1932 in Durrës to Vlash Rama and Veronika Kolombi, sister of Zef Kolombi.

Rama graduated from the Artistic Lyceum "Jordan Misja", in the Department of Fine Arts in 1951, and three years later left Albania to study in Leningrad, Soviet Union.

Career

After graduation, he returned to Albania, where he worked in Tirana, primarily as superintendent of fine arts at the Albanian Ministry of Culture, and at the same time taught as an external lecturer at the Higher Institute of Arts of Tirana.

As a sculptor, Rama created several busts of warriors, people portraits, female sculptures, as well as other decorations.

Implication with communist dictatorship crimes

In August 1988, Rama signed  along with Ramiz Alia and others[2][3]  documents for the death penalty of poet Havzi Nela by hanging.[4][5][6][7][8] Other documents show that Rama signed for the death penalty for Enver Osmani, a 29-year-old from Dibra.[9]

Personal life

He was the father of Edi Rama, president of the Socialist Party of Albania and Prime Minister of Albania, also several times former mayor of Tirana.[10]

Rama died on 11 April 1998, aged 65, after suffering a heart attack in Tirana.

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