Albin Kurti | |
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Prime Minister of Kosovo | |
Assumed office 22 March 2021 | |
President | Glauk Konjufca (acting) Vjosa Osmani |
Deputy | Besnik Bislimi Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz Emilija Redžepi |
Preceded by | Avdullah Hoti |
In office 3 February 2020 – 3 June 2020 | |
President | Hashim Thaçi |
Deputy | Avdullah Hoti Haki Abazi |
Preceded by | Ramush Haradinaj |
Succeeded by | Avdullah Hoti |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 3 June 2020 – 22 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Kadri Veseli |
Succeeded by | Enver Hoxhaj |
In office 9 December 2014 – 3 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Isa Mustafa |
Succeeded by | Kadri Veseli |
Leader of Vetëvendosje | |
Assumed office 21 January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Visar Ymeri |
In office 12 June 2005 – 28 February 2015 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Visar Ymeri |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo | |
In office 2010 – 3 February 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) | 24 March 1975
Nationality | Kosovar Albanian |
Political party | Vetëvendosje |
Spouse | Rita Augestad Knudsen |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Pristina |
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Military service | |
Political representative | Kosovo Liberation Army |
Albin Kurti (Albanian pronunciation: ['albin 'kuɾti]; born 24 March 1975) is the Prime Minister of Kosovo, having been elected in March 2021 for a second time. He first served in the role between February and June 2020.
He came to prominence in 1997 as the vice-president of the University of Pristina student union, and a main organizer of non-violent student demonstrations 1997 and 1998. Kurti then worked in Adem Demaçi's office when the latter became the political representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Kurti has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo since 2010 in three consecutive legislatures.