Ali Sokol (8 May 1921 - 23 September 1974) was a Kosovar Albanian pulmonologist . ^[1]

He completed his education in the Medrese of Skoplje from 1933 until 1941. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Pisa in Italy . ^[1] In 1943, during World War II , he returned to his hometown of Rahovec in Kosovo , Yugoslavia which was Axis-occupied. For a few months, he was mayor of the municipality of Xerxe. In 1944-45, Sokoli enrolled as a student at the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Vienna , in Austria , where he attended lectures for three semesters before furthering his studies at the University of Belgrade 's Faculty of Medecine, graduating in 1951 and finishing with a specialization in 1955. ^[1]

He started his professional work in 1956 in Prizren , and also temporarily worked in Gjakova . Beginning in 1959 he practiced at the Lung Disease Clinic in Pristina. He died on 23 September 1974. ^[1]

A secondary medical school in Pristina bears his name. ^{[2] [3]}

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