17 Notable alumni of
University of Prishtina
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The University of Prishtina is 2046th in the world, 687th in Europe, and 4th in Serbia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from the University of Prishtina sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Hashim Thaçi
- Enrolled in the University of Prishtina
- Studied philosophy and study of history
- Occupations
- military personnelsoldierpolitician
- Biography
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Hashim Thaçi is a Kosovo Albanian politician. He was the first prime minister of Kosovo (2008–2014) and the Foreign minister and deputy prime minister (2014–2016) in the cabinet led by Isa Mustafa. He served as President of Kosovo from 2016 until his resignation in 2020.
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Vjosa Osmani
- Occupations
- university teacherjuristpolitician
- Biography
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Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician serving since April 2021 as President of Kosovo, having previously served as acting president from November 2020 to March 2021. She also served as Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo from 2020 to 2021.
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Albin Kurti
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Albin Kurti is a Kosovo Albanian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Kosovo since 2021, having previously held the office from February to 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 of 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.
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Atifete Jahjaga
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Atifete Jahjaga is a Kosovar Albanian politician who served as President of Kosovo. She was the first female President of Kosovo, the first non-partisan candidate to hold the office, and the youngest female head of state to be elected to the position. Prior to her presidency, Jahjaga served as Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police, holding the rank of General Lieutenant Colonel, the highest rank achieved by a female officer in Southeastern Europe.
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Isa Mustafa
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Isa Mustafa is a Kosovar retired politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) between 2010 and 2021.
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Avdullah Hoti
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Avdullah Hoti is a Kosovan politician who served as Prime Minister of Kosovo from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as the minister of Finance of Kosovo between 2014 and 2017 in the PDK/LDK coalition government.
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Enver Hoxhaj
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Enver Hoxhaj is a Kosovar politician. He served as minister for foreign affairs of the Republic of Kosovo and a former leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo.
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Vlora Çitaku
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Vlora Çitaku is a Kosovar Albanian politician and diplomat who served as the Ambassador of Kosovo to the United States. She formerly served as Consul General of Kosovo in New York.
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Mimoza Kusari-Lila
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mimoza Kusari-Lila is an Albanian Kosovar politician for The Alternative (Albanian: Alternativa). She was the deputy prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo and minister of trade and industry from 2011 to 2013 and the mayor of Gjakova from November 2013 to 2017.
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Gent Cakaj
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Gent Cakaj is a Kosovo-born Albanian politician, who served as the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania from 2019–2020.
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Albulena Haxhiu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Albulena Haxhiu is a Kosovar politician, currently serving as the Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo. She has previously served as the Minister of Justice of Kosovo, and as a member of parliament for Vetëvendosje! in the Assembly of Kosovo.
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Uta Ibrahimi
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- mountaineer
- Biography
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Uta Ibrahimi is an Albanian alpinist from Kosovo.
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Mehmet Kraja
- Occupations
- writerplaywrightjournalisteditor
- Biography
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Mehmet Kraja is an Albanian writer, literary critic and journalist. He is the current president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.
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Jeton Neziraj
- Occupations
- screenwriterplaywrighttheatre managernon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Jeton Neziraj is a playwright from Kosovo. He was the Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Kosovo and now he is the Director of Qendra Multimedia, a cultural production company based in Prishtina.
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Elbert Krasniqi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elbert Krasniqi is a Kosovar politician and leader of the Kosovo–Egyptian community, who is currently serving as minister of local government administration and leader of the New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo. Prior to his position, Krasniqi was a member of parliament.
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Rozeta Hajdari
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rozeta Hajdari is a Kosovar economist and politician, currently serving as minister of industry, entrepreneurship and trade of the Republic of Kosovo. Following a lengthy career with foreign development organizations, she joined the government as a non-partisan minister in 2020.
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Lulzim Tafa
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Lulzim Tafa is a poet and academic. Tafa served as the Rector of AAB University, the largest non-public university in the Western Balkan region, from 2012 to 2020.
