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Dua Lipa Granted Albanian Citizenship

Updated On 29 Nov, 2022 Published On 28 Nov, 2022
Dua Lipa Granted Albanian Citizenship

Albania's president Bajram Begaj said Dua Lipa was granted citizenship ahead of Albania's 110th anniversary of Independence. Dua is the 2019 Grammy award-winning singer for the best new artist.

On Sunday, November 27, the Grammy award-winning British pop star Dua Lipa got Albanian citizenship from the country's president, Bajram Begaj. Lipa's citizenship comes ahead of Albania's 110th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Dua Lipa Granted Albanian Citizenship. SOURCE: ET Canada

Dua was granted her Albanian citizenship and couldn't be proud as she shared the news with her millions of social media followers. The English singer arrived in the city of Tirana's central Skanderbeg Square ahead of her concert that she will perform to commemorate Independence Day.

Updating the daily life to her 87.4 million IG followers, the artist flaunted in a blue tartan patterned dress that she matched with white knee-high boots and a bag to pair, as per The Guardian. The president praised Dua, of Albanian origin, for broadening the nation's popularity through her song.

Dua Lipa's citizenship comes ahead of Albania's 110th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire. SOURCE: ET Canada

The president disclosed that he feels honored to grant Dua citizenship to Dua due to her contribution to making Albanians famous worldwide. Dua was born and grew up in London in 1995 to immigrant Albanian parents, Anesa Lipa and Dukagjin Lipa.

"Al Thank you, President Bajram Begaj and Mayor @erionveliaj, for this honor ~ got my Albanian citizenship!! ~ faleminderit, po them shume krenaLevitatingLevating hitmaker announced the news via Instagram on November 28, 2022.

Dua Lipa, along with the president of Albania, Bajram Begaj. SOURCE: ET Canada

"I will be an Albanian with papers too," Dua said prior to taking the citizenship oath at Tirana City Hall. Her family descended from Kosovo and Bosnia. . Lipa released her first studio album in 2017. 

Not to miss, along with her father, she founded the Sunny Hill Foundation in 2016. The organization helps raise the amount with their annual concerns in their native land. Kosovo to aid people who are facing financial troubles. 

Watch the video of Dua Lipa receiving Albanian citizenship from Albania's president.

Happy to give the one and only @DUALIPA the decree of Albanian citizenship. She has made us proud with her global career and engagement in important social causes," the president's Twitter post read.

"It is an indescribable great joy with such acceptance, love and everything," the artist old. Lipa then took a picture for a passport and fingerprint and signed an application form for a passport and identity card.

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