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'''Bajram Rexhepi''' (3 June 1954 – 21 August 2017) was a [[Kosovo|Kosovar]] politician who was the Interior Minister of the [[Kosovo|Republic of Kosovo]] and a member of the [[Kosovo Assembly]]. He was also the first elected post-war [[Prime Minister of Kosovo]]. He was a member of the second largest political party in Kosovo, the [[Democratic Party of Kosovo]] (PDK).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/rexhepi_bajram |title=Bajram Rexhepi - Prime Minister of Kosovo|publisher=Setimes|accessdate=28 January 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100213152031/http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/rexhepi_bajram| archivedate= 13 February 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
'''Bajram Rexhepi''' (3 June 1954 – 21 August 2017) was a [[Kosovo|Kosovar]] politician who served as the first elected post-war [[Prime Minister of Kosovo|prime minister]] and later as interior minister of the [[Kosovo|Republic of Kosovo]] and member of the [[Kosovo Assembly]]. He was a member of the second largest political party in Kosovo, the [[Democratic Party of Kosovo]] (PDK).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/rexhepi_bajram |title=Bajram Rexhepi - Prime Minister of Kosovo|publisher=Setimes|accessdate=28 January 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100213152031/http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/rexhepi_bajram| archivedate= 13 February 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 07:53, 22 August 2017

Bajram Rexhepi
Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo
In office
1 April 2010 – 12 December 2014
Preceded byZenun Pajaziti
Succeeded bySkënder Hyseni
1st Prime Minister of Kosovo
In office
4 March 2002 – 3 December 2004
Preceded byBujar Bukoshi
Succeeded byRamush Haradinaj
Personal details
Born(1954-06-03)3 June 1954
Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Died21 August 2017(2017-08-21) (aged 63)
In a Turkish hospital, Turkey
Political partyDemocratic Party of Kosovo

Bajram Rexhepi (3 June 1954 – 21 August 2017) was a Kosovar politician who served as the first elected post-war prime minister and later as interior minister of the Republic of Kosovo and member of the Kosovo Assembly. He was a member of the second largest political party in Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).[1]

Early life and education

Rexhepi was born in Mitrovica, Province of Kosovo on 3 June 1954. He graduated from the University of Prishtina and completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Zagreb in 1985.

Career

Rexhepi spent most of his career working as a 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. He served as mayor of the Albanian section of Mitrovica, working with United Nations and NATO peacekeepers to implement ideas to diminish the civil unrest.[2] As Serbs and Albanians had broken off all dialogue, Rexhepi offered to give up his position in favour of a UN administrator, but Serbs rejected this proposal.

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 4 March 2002. In the following general elections, held on 24 October 2004, the Democratic Party of Kosovo came second and won 30 seats in the parliament. On 1 Apr 2010 Rexhepi was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, replacing Zenun Pajaziti. On 22 February 2011 the Assembly confirmed Rexhepi in his post within the new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi [3]

Later life and death

Rexhepi left politics in 2014 to resume his career as a surgeon. In April, Rexhepi suffered multiple strokes and since then he was in coma. After several days of treatment in Kosovo, Rexhepi was sent for further treatment in Turkey. He died on 21st of August 2017 at a Turkish hospital.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bajram Rexhepi - Prime Minister of Kosovo". Setimes. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/18/world/shock-of-kosovo-violence-may-prove-incentive-for-peace.html?pagewanted=2
  3. ^ "Composition of new cabinet government of the Republic of Kosovo, led by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci" Archived 2014-09-25 at the Wayback Machine kryeministri-ks.com 22 February 2011 Link retrieved 23 February 2011
  4. ^ "Vdes ish-kryeministri i Kosovës, Bajram Rexhepi". Illyria Press (in Albanian). 21 August 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Kosovo
2002–2004 		Succeeded by
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