Bajram Rexhepi
| Bajram Rexhepi | |
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| Minister of the Interior for Kosovo | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 22 February 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Zenun Pajaziti |
| 3rd Prime Minister of Kosovo | |
| In office March 4, 2002 – December 3, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Bujar Bukoshi |
| Succeeded by | Ramush Haradinaj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 3, 1954 Kosovska Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (in today's Kosovo) |
| Political party | PDK |
Bajram Rexhepi (Serbo-Croat: Бајрам Реџепи, Bajram Redžepi) (born June 3, 1954 in Kosovska Mitrovica, Yugoslavia - in today's Kosovo) is a politician. He is currently Interior Minister of the Republic of Kosovo and a member of the Kosovo Assembly. He was also the first elected post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo. He is a member of the second largest political party in Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).[1]
He graduated from the University of Pristina and completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Zagreb in 1985. He spent most of his career working as a successful surgeon and achieved fame as the best surgeon for circumcisions in the Mitrovica region.
During the 1999 Kosovo War, Rexhepi joined the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and spent three months serving as a field doctor. In the general elections of November 2001 in Kosovo, Rexhepi's party won 25.7 percent of the votes, second only to Ibrahim Rugova's Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), and Rexhepi was appointed prime minister by the Assembly of Kosovo on March 4, 2002. In the following general elections, held on October 24, 2004, the Democratic Party of Kosovo came second and won 30 seats in the parliament. On 22 February 2011 Rexhepi was made Interior Minister of the Republic of Kosovo.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bajram Rexhepi - Prime Minister of Kosovo". Setimes.com. http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/rexhepi_bajram. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ "Composition of new cabinet government of the Republic of Kosovo, led by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci" kryeministri-ks.com 22 February 2011 Link retrieved 23 February 2011
| Preceded by Bujar Bukoshi |
Prime Minister of Kosovo 2002 - 2004 |
Succeeded by Ramush Haradinaj |
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