Career

He is currently serving as Albania"s Honorary Consul in Michigan and is regarded as one of the most successful Albanians in America. Bardha was born in the village of Radanj in Kolonjë District, Albania. He eventually became the owner of 13 McDonald"s fast-food franchises, which gross about $25 million a year.

Bardha, with congressman William Broomfield and others, contributed to the saving of arrested political activist Pjeter Ivezaj in Montenegro and was the reason for the change of United States policy in the relationship with Yugoslavia.

Bardha has met with ten of the United States. presidents for the Albanian cause. President Ronald Reagan assured him after a meeting that he will refuse the Greek ambitions in Albania at any cost.

Bardha also met with President Bill Clinton before the bombing of Serbia by North Atlantic Treaty Organization and was assured that Kosovo will be freed from the Serbian oppression.