Gazmend Demi

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Gazment Demi
Born10 January 1963

Gazment "Gaz" Demi is an Albanian businessman who is the current president of Albanian football club Partizani. [1]

Personal life

Demi was born in Tiranë to a Cham family from Filat. A well known businessman in Albania he contributed financially to the Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War and was awarded by the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci. [2]

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