Armed Forces Academy
Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura
TypeMilitary Academy
EstablishedMay 10, 1958 (1958-05-10)
RectorRuzhdi Kuçi
StudentsOfficers of the Albanian Armed Forces
Location
Tirana
,
Albania
Websitetradoc.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]

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]

Leaders

The leaders of this unique institution over the years have been:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "55 Vjet, Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  2. ^ Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura nis vitin e ri Akademik
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Historiku i Akademive dhe Shkollave Ushtarake". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09.
  4. ^ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1963). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.

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