Behgjet Isa Pacolli

Date, place of birth, family
30 August 1951, Marec, Pristina. The second of ten children of Isa and Nazmije. Married to Ms. Masha Pacolli. Father of five children, three daughters and two sons (Arbresha, Selena, Hana, Isa dhe Diar).

Primary Education
Primary Education, Marec – Kosovo.

Secondary Education
Secondary Education, Pristina.

Higher Education
1970-1973 Foreign Trade Institute Hamburg, Germany

Post Graduation
1982-1983 Master in Marketing and Management– Institute Mösinger Zurich.

Professional profile, Experience
● 1974-1975 Correspondent for foreign languages and Deputy Head for development within Textile enterprise, Gjilan.

● 1976 Commercial Director for regional development in the Company
Peter Zimmer, Kufstein Austria.

● 1977-1980 Commercial Director in the Company Interplastica
Project Engineering in Morbio Inf. Swiss.

● 1980-1990 General Director Interplastica
Project Engineering in Morbio Inf. Swiss.

● 1990 Founder, President and Owner of Mabetex
Project Engineering, Lugano, Switzerland.

● 1992-2009 President of CRS-Credito per lo sviluppo e
ristrutturazione, Lugano Switzerland;
● President of Mabco Construction, Lugano Switzerland
● President of Swiss Diamond Hotel Management, Bermuda;
● Owner of Corporation Interfin Finance London;
● Owner of Mabetex International (located in 18 countries of the world);
● Owner of Insurance Company Siguria, Pristina;
● Major Shareholder in Economic Bank, Pristina;
● Owner of Saranda Properties, Astana Kazakhstan;
● Owner of Sine Tempore International ;
● Owner of the Travel Agency Diamond;
● Owner of Nuova Bernasconi – Lugano
● Board member of several companies in the world

Other humanitarian activities
● Main sponsor of Foundation Aleksandër Moisiu;
● Founder of Foundation and orphanage “Bambini Di Sakha”
● 1993 – Founder and Sponsor of the Hospital for housing and caring of abandoned children with physical problems in Sakha);

● 1999 – In cooperation with the Foundation “Insieme per la pace” and Ms. Fanfani, intervenes massively to offer Aid in Kukës, Ivangrad, for the refugees from Kosovo;
● Support to hospitals in Kosovo with medical equipment;

● Founder of Foundation Ibrahim Kodra, Lugano;

● 2000-2004 – Support for the establishment of KPC infrastructure in Pristina and the contribution for its professional equipment;

● 2005 – Support for building a Memorial Centre in Penuhë, Podujeva;

● 2004 – Mediation for the release of hostages in Afghanistan (after tree weeks he successfully managed to release three hostages, UN employees, Shqipe Hebibi, Annete Flaninghan and Angjilito Najan;

● 2006 – Mediation for the release of journalist taken hostage in Afghanistan, Gabrielle Torsello;

● 2006 Foundation Behgjet Pacolli, Pristina (study scholarships, social assistance for people in need, building houses for the poor and other contributions in the social and cultural life);

● 2007 – Contributed in mediation for the release of 23 Korean hostages in Afghanistan;

● 2008-2011 – Permanent lobbying for the recognition of the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state;

● 2007 Designer, sponsor and donor of all infrastructure of the American University in Kosovo AUK;

● 2009 Finance the construction and enlargement of the Philosophic University of Pristina;

● 2008 Finance the project for reconstruction and restoration of the Mosque of Llap in Pristina (an object of cultural heritage of Kosovo);

● Sponsor of Sports and Culture in Kosovo;

● Full contribution for building shelters and houses for poor families; (continuing)

● Support for sending patients abroad for medical treatment; (continuing)

● Social Assistance to invalids and persons in need (monthly salary); (continuing)

Political engagements and activities
Promoter and Founder
●1999 FORK – Foundation Rebuilding Kosovo Pristina;

● 2000 Founder of UAB, Union of Albanian Businessman, Lugano;
● 2004 Founder of SEED, Foundation for the economic development of the South Eastern Europe Washington (Foundation for promoting and lobbying for the independence of Kosovo);
● 2005 Founder of the Organization New Kosova Alliance, Washington (lobbying organization for the independence of Kosovo, 2005-2007);
● 2006 Founder and President of Political Party New Kosova Alliance, AKR (political party which is in the first elections in 2007, was ranged the third political party in the country);
● Member of Centre for International and Strategic Studies CSIS Washington, Permanent Advisor of the Committee chaired by Henry Kissinger;
● 2007-2010 Member of the Parliament of Republic of Kosovo;
● 2011 Member of the Parliament of Republic of Kosovo (second mandate)
● 2011 PRESIDENT of the Republic of Kosovo
● 2011 Initiator and signer of the Agreement for the political consensus for constitutional and electoral reforms.

● 2011 FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER of the Government of Republic of Kosovo and responsible for foreign policy and foreign investments.

Acknowledgments
● Decoration of KPC;
● Award and honorary titles from the Rochester Institute of Technology
● Decoration from AUK (American University of Kosovo)
● Decorations from the State of Peru, President of Peru;
● The highest Decoration of the Russian Federation (awards on Architecture) second foreigner after American Armand Hammer to receive this Decoration;
● Honorary citizen of Astana, Republic of Kazakhstani;
● Global Honorary Consul of Liberia (2002-2008);
● Peace Ambassador (Universal Peace Federation);
● Global Piece Cavalier of the Millennium; award by Centro Internazionale per la Pace fra i Popol, an award given to Michail Gorbaciov, Perez De Cuellar, S.S. Giovanni Paolo II, Luciano Pavarotti, Helmut Kohl, Mother Theresa of Calcuta, Kofi Annan, Bill Gates, etc;
● Acknowledgment from Foundation Nelson Mandela;
● Acknowledgment from Foundation Clinton Global Initiative.
● Honorary citizen of Lezha – Albania
● Title Doctor Honoris Causa from the European University of Tirana
● Presented with the “Key of Tirana”

Languages
Mother tongue: Albanian
Foreign languages
English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, etc.

Publications
Various publishing’s from socio-economic, political and cultural sphere:
• Founder and publisher of the magazine “Albanica”.
• Founder of the magazine “Lajm”
• Author of Autobiographical book “From one challenge to another, life of Behgjet Pacolli, 2010.

Other info
www.behgjetpacolli.com
http:// www.mabetex.com/
http:// www.ks-siguria.com/ks-siguria/
http:// www.swissdiamondhotel.net

Forum’s in English language
http:// www.pacollikosovo.com/

http://pacolliafghanistan.com/

http://www.pacollimabetex.com/

http://www.pacollidiamond.com/

http://www.pacolligroup.com/

http://www.mabetexconstruction.com/

http://www.balkanwelfare.org/

in German language

http://www.behgjetisapacolli.de/

http://www.behgjetpacolliafghanistan.de/

http://www.behgjetpacollikazakhstan.de/

http://www.behgjetpacollikosovo.de/

http://www.behgjetpacollimabetex.de/

http://www.behgjetpacollirussia.de/

http://behgjetpacolliswitzerland.de/

http://www.behgjetpacolliusa.de/

http://www.bpacolli.de/

http://www.bpacolli.ch/

http://www.behgjetisapacolli.ch/

http://www.pacolligroup.ch/

http://www.mabetexconstruction.ch/

http://www.pacollikosova.ch/

http://www.pacollibalkan.ch/

http://www.pacollimabetex.ch/

in Albanian language

http://behgjetpacollirussia.al/

http://www.behgjetpacolliusa.al/

http://www.behgjetpacollimabetex.al/

http://www.behgjetpacollikazakhstan.al/

http://behgjetpacolliitaly.al/

http://www.behgjetpacolliafghanistan.al/

http://behgjetpacolliswitzerland.al/

in Russian language

http://behgjet-friends.ru/

http://behgjet-pacolli.ru/

http://behgjetbiography.ru/

http://behgjetbusiness.ru/

The official website of Behgjet Pacolli the world famous businessman and philanthropist is now online!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF BEHGJET PACOLLI

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President of the Mabetex construction group, Behgjet Pacolli financed the
conversion and rebuilding American University of Kosovo

After the NATO intervention that ended the Kosovo war in 1999, a number of prominent Kosovars sought a way to honor and memorialize the role the United States played in that conflict.

After much discussion, a major donation from the Union Fund for the Reconstruction of Kosova (UFORK) funded the start-up of the American University in Kosovo Foundation in 2002.

The UFORK fund was the post-war balance of the money raised by the Kosovo diaspora during the 1990s to support the underground “parallel institutions” in Kosovo of the Kosovo government-in-exile, headed by Prime Minister Bujar Bukoshi.

This money represented small donations from tens of thousands of people, and AUK is always mindful that it was founded by the hard-earned contributions of the people of Kosovo.

AUK opened its doors in temporary facilities in 2003, in a house on Sunny Hill (Bregu i Djiellit) in Prishtina.

The question of a permanent home for the university was settled in 2004 by the generous contribution of the Municipality of Prishtina of a lease on part of the former Shkolla Normale campus at Germia.

A further, very generous contribution by Mr. Behgjet Pacolli, President of the Mabetex construction group, financed the conversion and rebuilding of what are now AUK’s two main buildings, allowing us to move to Germia in 2005

These days in Prishtina took place ELDR conference, where different topics reagrding problems on the south-east Balkan, were disscused.

The conference was organised by the party AKR, with the president Behgjet Pacolli.

28 European Counties took part on this conference with their vice-chairman and the president of LIBSEEN, Vesna Pusic.

Twenty years since the end of Soviet rule, and ten since the founding of its new capital city, Astana, Kazakhstan is thriving like never before thanks to some helpful inward investment by construction giant THE MABETEX GROUP.

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The President ’s residence

One of the greatest symbols of MABETEX’s achievements in Kazakhstan has been the transformation of the President’s residence. It is now a luxurious home whose splendor is a delight to visiting foreign dignitaries and to President Nursaltan Nazarbayev, who lives there. Situated on the left bank of the river Essyl, its architecture combines classic, modern and ethnic influences. The president’s residence is part of a complex of modern administrative buildings in the new centre of the city– and its main purpose is to symbolize the new face of Kazakhstan.

Its past as a part of the repressive former USSR is fading quickly into the background as Kazakhstan takes confident strides into the future. And central to this modernizing has been the rejuvenation of Astana. Since taking over from the former capital of Almaty, some 600 miles to the south, Astana – Kazakh for “capital city” – has been continuously evolving and is now considered Central Asia’s pre-eminent city. Many international companies have contributed to this transformation, but none more so than the Swiss construction and development company MABETEX, who have played an essential role in the building and rebuilding of state buildings throughout Astana.

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Another sporting project MABETEX have undertaken is at the Republic Ski Lodge in Shuchinsk town.

The geography of Kazakhstan makes the country natural skiing terrain and the Republic Ski Lodge is aiming to be the pre-eminent skiing destination in Central Asia. Some 230 km’s from Astana, the lodge is located in the scenic resort of Borovoe. MABETEX have designed a new ski jump for the resort, the first in the world to combine NS-135 and NS-100 categories with starting tables at different levels. The ski jump measures 350 meters horizontally and has a reinforced concrete framework. To top it all off, there is an amphitheatre which can hold 3,000 spectators.

The backdrop for all this is the beautiful bald mountain of Kamenuha, which has an altitude of 485,70 meters, and is a picture-perfect snowy setting.

Peace, stability and economic growth are what have defined Kazakhstan over the last decade. While neighboring countries haven’t all fared so well, buoyed by the strong returns from their Caspian Sea oil reserves, the Central Asian republic has avoided corruption and focused on inward growth. And MABETEX have been integral to the success of the last decade. The Swiss company believes in sustainable growth for Kazakhstan combined with a strong ethos of corporate social responsibility.

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As well as the presidential residence itself, MABETEX has constructed a VIP village, Saranda, in this same neighbourhood, creating an idyllic community for Astana’s citizens.

Surrounded by parks on two sides and with the river Ishim on one side and river Nura on the other, there is a sense of peace and tranquillity here. This is a place where locals can

relax and enjoy the fresh air.

This VIP village is divided into three zones. The north zone consists of 26 villas, each of 1,500 to 2,500 square metres in size. The south zone is much larger: it spans 41 hectares and

consists of 160 villas, which vary in size from 400 to 1,500 square metres. This zone was innovatively laid out with a circular design – a natural lake occupies the centre while the roads curve around it. The luxurious villas are designed to buyers’ exact specifications; styles vary from Mediterranean, inspired by marquises and verandas, to Venetian-Palladian (think doges and patricians); even a request for a French nobleman’s castle can be met.

The third zone of the Saranda village caters to those who prefer apartment block living: there are 13 complexes of elite apartment buildings. Each complex consists of two blocks of five and four storeys, connected with a covered swimming pool. No detail has been overlooked in these exquisitely designed apartments – from the generous allocation of parking spaces in the underground parking area to the high-speed elevators which can whisk you from the basement

right up to the luxurious penthouse.

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