The founding member of the Albanian Academy of Sciences, Luan Omari, has passed away at the age of 101. The news was announced by the Academy of Sciences, which expressed its condolences for the loss of the academician, appreciating his many years of contribution to Albanian science and culture.
Omari was a former scientific secretary and vice-president of the Academy of Sciences. For several decades, he dedicated his life to scientific research and the development of law and legal sciences in Albania, making a significant contribution to the development of Albanian legal thought and the strengthening of democratic institutions and the rule of law.
Academician Luan Omari was born on June 10, 1925 in Tirana. He received his early education in Bari, Italy, and completed his high school diploma at the Tirana gymnasium. He pursued higher legal studies in Belgrade and Sofia, where he graduated in legal sciences.
During his career, he has been a lecturer in public law at the Higher Institute of Law, dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tirana for almost two decades, as well as a professor of theory of state and law and public law at this university.
Luan Omari has represented Albania in the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. He is the author of dozens of studies and monographs on the history of law in Albania, public and constitutional law, and the Albanian legal system. He has also participated in the constitutional processes and debates for the drafting of the Constitution of Albania and constitutional laws after the 1990s.
For his contribution, in 2020, the President of the Republic honored him with the "Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg" Decoration. While in 2016, the Albanian Academy of Sciences awarded him the Academic Career Award.
The Academy of Sciences has announced that the tributes and honors for academician Luan Omari will take place on October 30, 2026, at its premises.
At 10:00, the Solemn Academy will be held in the "Aleks Buda" hall, while the tributes will take place from 11:00 to 13:00. At 13:00, the President of the Academy of Sciences, Academician Skënder Gjinushi, will deliver the farewell speech.
"The unforgettable memory of Academician Luan Omar!", the Academy of Sciences' announcement reads.
