15 Notable alumni of
University of Prishtina
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The University of Prishtina is 2015th in the world, 673rd in Europe, and 4th in Serbia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 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
- soldierpoliticianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Hashim Thaçi is a Kosovar Albanian politician who was the president of Kosovo from April 2016 until his resignation on 5 November 2020 to face a war crimes tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity. He was the first prime minister of Kosovo and the Foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the new cabinet led by Isa Mustafa, which assumed office on 8 December 2014.
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Vjosa Osmani
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu is a Kosovan jurist and politician who is the current president of Kosovo since 2021. Osmani was born and raised in Titova Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) and studied law at the University of Pristina and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She worked as an advisor to the president of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu before she was elected to the Assembly. Osmani held the position of Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo from February 2020 to March 2021, and also served as acting president between November 2020 and March 2021 after the resignation of President Hashim Thaçi. According to the constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, the president is in charge of the nation's foreign policy and serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Kosovo Security Force. Upon her election as president, Osmani became the second woman to hold the position, as well as the first person to have served as both acting president and president of Kosovo. Osmani successfully ran on an anti-corruption platform and has expressed a desire to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Since taking office, Osmani has returned the flag of Dardania as the official symbol of the presidency. Her efforts have emphasized the importance of individual action in addressing climate change while securing support at the highest political levels.
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Albin Kurti
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Albin Kurti is a Kosovar 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 50)
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Atifete Jahjaga is a Kosovar Albanian politician who served as the third President of Kosovo. She was the first female President of the Republic of Kosovo, the first non-partisan candidate and the youngest female head of state to be elected to the top office. She served as Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police, holding the rank of General Lieutenant Colonel, the most senior among women officers in Southeastern Europe.
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Isa Mustafa
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teachereconomist
- Biography
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Isa Mustafa is a retired Kosovar 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 49)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Avdullah Hoti is a Kosovan politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Kosovo from 3 June 2020 until 22 March 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
- politicianuniversity teacherdiplomat
- 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 45)
- 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 50)
- 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 Kosovo Albanian politician, currently serving as the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo. She was previously a member of parliament for Vetëvendosje! in the Assembly of Kosovo.
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Mehmet Kraja
- Occupations
- editorwriterplaywrightjournalist
- 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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Uta Ibrahimi
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- mountaineer
- Biography
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Flutura Ibrahimi better known as Uta Ibrahimi is an Albanian alpinist from 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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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.
