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Fatmir Sejdiu
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| Dr Fatmir Sejdiu | |
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2nd President of Kosovo
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| In office February 10, 2006 – present |
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| Preceded by | Ibrahim Rugova |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | October 23, 1951 Pakaštica, Kosovo, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav (Kosovo is a province of Serbia under UN administration) |
| Political party | LDK |
Fatmir Sejdiu (born October 23, 1951) is the 2nd and current President of Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration since the 1999 Kosovo War.
He was born in the small village of Pakaštica near Podujevo, in Kosovo, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
Sejdiu served as a respected professor at the University of Prishtina, teaching throughout his tenure as a Parliamentarian.
Sejdiu was an early protester against Serbian authoritarian rule and had for many years in his academic office a portrait depicting himself and fellow political party leader Veton Suroi locking arms before the riot police. He has always been widely admired for being honest and fair in all his political dealings.
Sejdiu served in each of the Presidencies of the LDK as well as serving on the Presidency of the Assembly of Kosova.
Sejdiu was an influential parliamentarian in the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the party of former Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova. He was elected President by the Kosovo Assembly after Rugova died from lung cancer in early 2006. Sejdiu has won praise from the international community for prioritizing implementation of the UN-endorsed "standards" of good governance and multi-ethnicity.
On July 24, 2006, Sejdiu attended in Vienna the first high-level meeting between the prime ministers and presidents of Kosovo and Serbia to discuss the future status of Kosovo.
Fatmir Sejdiu was one of the authors of the Constitutional Framework of Kosovo in 2001. He speaks Albanian, English, Serbian, and French.
He lives in Priština, the capital of the Kosovo, with his wife Nezafete and their three sons.
- Fatmir Sejdiu's profile at Kosovo Assembly Website
| Preceded by Ibrahim Rugova |
President of Kosovo 2006 – present |
Incumbent |
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Presidents of Kosovo |
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Ibrahim Rugova | Fatmir Sejdiu |