The Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, said that she was saddened to hear the news of the passing of Prof. Dr. Alush Gashi, a physician, university professor, political activist and signatory of the Declaration of Independence of Kosovo.
“Prof. Dr. Gashi served the country in many fields and at important periods in our history. As a professor of Anatomy, a specialist in General Surgery and former dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Prishtina, he made a valuable contribution to higher education and healthcare in Kosovo,” said Acting President Haxhiu.
She added that in public life, he served as a member of the Assembly of Kosovo, and that with his political and institutional engagement, he was part of the processes that led Kosovo towards freedom and statehood of the Republic.
Acting President Haxhiu expressed her condolences to the Gashi family, friends, collaborators, the academic and medical community and all those who knew and worked with him.
“May the memory of Prof. Dr. Alush Gashi be eternal,” wrote Acting President Haxhiu.
