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{{Short description|Military academy in Tirana, Albania}}
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The '''Armed Forces Academy (AFA)''' ({{sq|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mbrojtja.gov.al/arkiv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2488:55-vjet-akademia-e-forcave-te-armatosura&catid=87&Itemid=662 |title=55 Vjet, Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura |access-date=2017-04-21 |archive-date=2017-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124652/http://www.mbrojtja.gov.al/arkiv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2488:55-vjet-akademia-e-forcave-te-armatosura&catid=87&Itemid=662 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://balkanweb.com/site/akademia-e-forcave-te-armatosura-nis-vitin-e-ri-akademik Akademia e Forcave të Armatosura nis vitin e ri Akademik]</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Historiku i Akademive dhe Shkollave Ushtarake|url=https://www.tradoc.mil.al/misioniafa-2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183053/https://www.tradoc.mil.al/misioniafa-2 |archive-date=2021-07-09 }}</ref>

== 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.<ref name=":0" /> The school bore the conventional number of Military Department No. 2002.<ref name=":0" /> 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 (Albania)|Ministry of Education]].<ref name=":0" />

By a special decision of the Council of Ministers, on 5 January 1963, the Military Academy was renamed to the "Mehmet Shehu Military Academy",<ref name=":0" /> honoring the 50th birthday of the then-Prime Minister [[Mehmet Shehu]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Agency|first=United States Central Intelligence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEtSNHq5HakC&q=Mehmet+Shehu+Military+Academy&pg=RA12-PP1|title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts|date=1963|language=en}}</ref> Years later, in December 1992, the institution was renamed the General Staff Academy.<ref name=":0" /> The Academy was in 1994 renamed to the Defense Academy of Albania.<ref name=":0" /> In 1998 the Defense Academy was accepted as a full member of the council of military academies of [[NATO]].<ref name=":0" /> 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:<ref name=":0" />

* the Faculty of Security and Defense (remnants of the former Spiro Moisiu Defense Academy)
* the Center for Foreign Languages and the Faculty of General Education (remnants of the former [[Skanderbeg Military Academy]])

== Leaders ==
The leaders of this unique institution over the years have been:<ref name=":0" />

* Major General [[Thoma Xhixho]] (1958-1961)
* Major General Spiro Shalesi (1961-1964)
* Major General Ernest Jakova (1964-1967)
* Colonel Koli Mborja (1968-1970)
* Lieutenant General Vaskë Gjino (1970-1974)
* Colonel Mendu Tetova (1974-1975)
* Major General Vehbi Hoxha (1975-1977)
* Prof. Spiro Adhami (1977-1981)
* Major General Kostaq Karoli (1982-1991)
* Colonel Halim Abazi (1991-1993)
* Brigadier General Ali Koçeku (1994-1997)
* Major General Ruzhdi Gjatoja (1998-2000)
* Colonel Flamur Skrapalliu (2000-2001)
* Colonel Selim Shiroka (2001-2003)
* Colonel Dhori Spirollari (2003-2005)
* Rear Admiral Kudret Çela (2005-2008)
* Colonel Nexhbedin Shehu (2009-2010)
* Colonel Kristaq Xharo (May 2010-July 2011)
* Colonel Perikli Koliçi (August 2011-September 2012)
* Colonel Agim Sula (September 2012-September 2014)
* Colonel Idriz Hazhiaj (October 2014-November 2015)
* Colonel Ruzhdi Kuçi (January 2016-December 2017)

==See also==
*[[List of universities in Albania]]
*[[Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education]]
*[[List of colleges and universities]]
*[[List of colleges and universities by country]]

==References==
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{{NATO Military Academies}}
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{{Universities in Albania}}
{{Formations of the Albanian Armed Forces|state=collapsed}}

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