Bajram Rexhepi
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Bajram Rexhepi (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).
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.
Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica , is a city and municipality in northern Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district....
, Yugoslavia - in today's Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
) 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
Prime Minister of Kosovo
The Prime Minister of Kosovo is Head of Government of the disputed Republic of Kosovo .The Prime Minister and the Government of Kosovo, which he or she heads, are responsible for their actions to the Assembly of Kosovo, of which they must all be members...
. He is a member of the second largest political party in Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo
Democratic Party of Kosovo
The Democratic Party of Kosovo is the largest political party in Kosovo . It is a social democratic party and the main leftist party in Kosovo....
(PDK).
He graduated from the University of Pristina and completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
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
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
, Rexhepi joined the Kosovo Liberation Army
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA was a Kosovar Albanian paramilitary organization which sought the separation of Kosovo from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s....
(KLA) and spent three months serving as a field doctor. In the general elections
Kosovan parliamentary election, 2001
-Results:...
of November 2001 in Kosovo, Rexhepi's party won 25.7 percent of the votes, second only to Ibrahim Rugova
Ibrahim Rugova
Ibrahim Rugova was an Albanian politician who was the first President of Kosovo and of its leading political party, the Democratic League of Kosovo ....
's Democratic League of Kosovo
Democratic League of Kosovo
The Democratic League of Kosovo is the second largest political party in Kosovo. It is a conservative and liberal conservative party; the main right-wing party in Kosovo....
(LDK), and Rexhepi was appointed prime minister by the Assembly of Kosovo
Assembly of Kosovo
The Assembly of Kosovo was originally established by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 2001 to provide 'provisional, democratic self-government'....
on March 4, 2002. In the following general elections
Kosovan parliamentary election, 2004
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 24 October 2004....
, 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.