Behgjet Isa Pacolli is a former President of the Republic of Kosovo, and former First Deputy Prime Minister. He is the President and CEO of Mabetex Group, a Swiss-based construction and civil-engineering company. He is believed to be one of the world's richest ethnic Albanians. In 1990, he founded Mabetex Project Management which eventually developed in a large business group now called the Mabetex Group with interests in insurance, media, and construction. His international business projects included reconstruction and renovation of former Russian Federation Parliament, the Russian Opera House, State Duma and the Moscow Kremlin. In Kazakhstan, Mabetex has built 40% of the buildings in the New Astana City including the new Presidential Palace.