at the time of his birth in 1982, the south african government declared his maternity ward temporarily albanian territory to ensure that leka was born on albanian soil, although the communist albanian government would not have recognised it as such. he was named in honour of egyptian president anwar el sadat, his grandfather king zog i, emperor mohammed reza of iran, and baudouin i, king of the belgians. msiziwe is a zulu honorific. leka is a member of the zogu dynasty founded by king zog.