page_title: Auron Tare
section_title: Post-Communism, 1990–1994
hierarchical_section_title: Auron Tare / Background / Under Communist Rule, 1968–1990 / Post-Communism, 1990–1994
caption_attribution_description: English: Ancient Theater of Butrint
context_page_description: Auron Tare is an Albanian historian, journalist and cultural heritage manager. Currently, General Director for the Albanian National Coastal Agency / Former Member of Parliament for Tirana and member for the Media and Cultural Committee for the Albanian Parliament. In May 2018 he was elected Chairman of Unesco Scientific and Technical Commity on underwater World Heritage. Auron Tare is a well-known public figure in the field of Albanian cultural heritage, government, and journalism. Championing to the cause of cultural preservation, Mr. Tare and has worked for many years mobilizing support for the preservation of Albania's rich historical background. He is well known for his efforts to protect the Ancient City of Butrint in the mid-1990s when Albania was going through difficult economic and political transitions. He was one of the Founders of Butrint National Park and its First Director from 1999–2005
  Mr. Tare's many duties have included work with many international organizations such as UNESCO, World Bank, RAMSAR Convention, Butrint Foundation, Oak Foundation, Mifflin Trust, National Geographic.
context_section_description: After the fall of communism, Mr. Tare became a member of the British Television Channel Four team, covering civil unrest in Albania in 1997 as well as the Kosovo and Macedonia Wars of 1998–1999. In 1995 he founded a boutique travel company called Our Own Expeditions, which specializes in taking foreigners along the undiscovered trails of Albania.
  IN 1995 Auron Tare join the team of Butrint Foundation a charity founded by Lord Rothschild and Lord Sainsbury with aim to research and protect the ancient City of Butrint.  He worked for many years with the Foundation managing the project and became the head of the Foundation in Albania working together with Sir Patrick Fairweather former UK Ambassador to Italy and Albania.  Among many efforts in Butrint most notably was his work in protecting and preserving the site during the most difficult period of Albania's civil unrest. He was part of the team who work to include Butrint in the Unesco World Heritage Site. After one year of research he discovered and brought back in Albania the Bust of Empress Livia stolen from Butrint in 1992. This beautiful marble Bust of  Livia was in possession of Robert Hecht the famous and controversial figure of the Medici Affair. IN 2002  Auron Tare started the first scientific underwater project in cooperation with Prof. George Bass from Texas A&M  looking at potential sites around Butrint Bay and Butrint Lake.  This cooperation lead to a major full scale project with the american team of RPM Nautical Foundation.
caption: A performance at the ancient theater in Butrint
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