Bajram Kosumi

Bajram Kosumi (born 20 March 1960, in Kosovska Kamenica, Yugoslavia) is a Kosovar politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] for nearly one year. He was nominated by Kosovan President Ibrahim Rugova and elected Prime Minister by the Kosovo Parliament on 23 March 2005 following his predecessor Ramush Haradinaj's indictment for war crimes and subsequent resignation.[1] Kosumi resigned on 1 March 2006 amid widespread unpopularity and was replaced by former rebel leader Agim Çeku.[2] He also served as the deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.

Bajram Kosumi
3rd Prime Minister of Kosovo
In office
23 March 2005[1] – 1 March 2006[2]
Preceded byAdem Salihaj (Acting)
Succeeded byAgim Çeku[2]
Personal details
Born (1960-03-20) March 20, 1960
Kosovska Kamenica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partyPDK[3]
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Family and life

He is married and has four children. He lives in Pristina and Kamenica.

Education

He graduated in Philology and has a Master's Degree in Albanian Literature from the University of Pristina. In 2008 he became a Doctor of Philology

Past and present activities and functions

Kosumi is a veteran figure on Kosovo's political scene. He was a student activist and in March 1981 was sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking part in demonstrations against the government. He served almost ten years of his sentence before being released in 1991.

From 1991 until 1993 he worked as a journalist.

In 1993, Kosumi became president of the Parliamentary Party of Kosovo. He is a quiet, cerebral politician, who took part in the Rambouillet talks in early 1999, prior to the Kosovo War. Kosumi was a supporter of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) insurgency, but he did not take up arms or wear the uniform. He did serve as minister of information in the provisional government of Kosovo.

He is currently deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, the third largest political party in Kosovo. From December 2004 until he became the third post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo, Kosumi was the Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning of the Government of Kosovo.

Published books

Bajram Kosumi has also published a number of books.

  • “Book of Liberty” (Albanian: Libri i lirisë) (1991), Pristina.
  • “A Concept on Sub-Policy” (1995), Pristina.
  • “Vocabulary of Barbarians” (2000), Pristina.
  • “A Concept on the New Political Thought” (2001), Pristina.
  • “Fista's Lyric” (Albanian: Lirika e Fishtës) (1991), Tirana.

Notes
  1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 99 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 14 later withdrew their recognition.

References

References:

  1. "Kosovo parliament elects new PM". news.bbc.co.uk. March 23, 2005. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  2. "Former rebel set to lead Kosovo". news.bbc.co.uk. March 2, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  3. Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State (July 21, 2010). "Background Note: Kosovo". state.gov. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Adem Salihaj
Acting		 Prime Minister of Kosovo
2005–2006		 Succeeded by
Agim Çeku
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