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On {{dts|2021.04.04|format=dmy}}, the assembly elected Osmani as Kosovo's president during its third round of voting.<ref name="election.dw">https://archive.is/20210406065442/https://www.dw.com/en/kosovo-mps-elect-lawyer-vjosa-osmani-as-president/a-57099573</ref>{{r|election.aa}} Although the election was boycotted by two opposition parties as well as a party representing the [[Kosovo Serbs|ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo]], 82 members of the 120-seat parliament cast their votes during the second day of the extraordinary session.<ref name="election.jazeera">https://archive.is/20210406065411/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/4/kosovo-parliament-elects-vjosa-osmani-as-new-president</ref>{{r|election.dailysabah}} She won 71 of the votes, while 11 votes were declared invalid, and was subsequently sworn in for a five-year term later that day, becoming Kosovo's second female president.{{r|election.jazeera|election.aa}} Osmani said that she hoped to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia, while also calling for Belgrade to apologize for [[Kosovo War|the war that led to Kosovo's declaration of independence]] and to prosecute those who had committed [[war crime]]s.{{r|election.dw|election.jazeera}}
On {{dts|2021.04.04|format=dmy}}, the assembly elected Osmani as Kosovo's president during its third round of voting.<ref name="election.dw">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/kosovo-mps-elect-lawyer-vjosa-osmani-as-president/a-57099573|archiveurl=http://archive.today/20210406065442/https://www.dw.com/en/kosovo-mps-elect-lawyer-vjosa-osmani-as-president/a-57099573|deadurl=y|title=Kosovo MPs elect lawyer Vjosa Osmani as president &#124; DW &#124; 04.04.2021|first=Deutsche|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|website=DW.COM}}</ref>{{r|election.aa}} Although the election was boycotted by two opposition parties as well as a party representing the [[Kosovo Serbs|ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo]], 82 members of the 120-seat parliament cast their votes during the second day of the extraordinary session.<ref name="election.jazeera">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/4/kosovo-parliament-elects-vjosa-osmani-as-new-president|archiveurl=http://archive.today/20210406065411/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/4/kosovo-parliament-elects-vjosa-osmani-as-new-president|deadurl=y|title=Kosovo parliament elects Vjosa Osmani as new president|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>{{r|election.dailysabah}} She won 71 of the votes, while 11 votes were declared invalid, and was subsequently sworn in for a five-year term later that day, becoming Kosovo's second female president.{{r|election.jazeera|election.aa}} Osmani said that she hoped to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia, while also calling for Belgrade to apologize for [[Kosovo War|the war that led to Kosovo's declaration of independence]] and to prosecute those who had committed [[war crime]]s.{{r|election.dw|election.jazeera}}


== Official visits ==
== Official visits ==

Revision as of 09:35, 6 April 2021

Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu
5th President of Kosovo
Assumed office
4 April 2021
Prime MinisterAlbin Kurti
Preceded byGlauk Konjufca (Acting)
In office
5 November 2020 – 22 March 2021
Acting
Prime MinisterAvdullah Hoti
Preceded byHashim Thaçi
Succeeded byGlauk Konjufca (Acting)
6th Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo
In office
3 February 2020 – 22 March 2021
PresidentHashim Thaçi
Preceded byGlauk Konjufca
Succeeded byGlauk Konjufca
Personal details
Born
Vjosa Osmani

(1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 42)[1]
Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia
(now Mitrovica, Kosovo)[a]
Political partyIndependent (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Prindon Sadriu
​
(m. 2012)​
[3]
Children2
EducationUniversity of Pristina
University of Pittsburgh
ProfessionLaw professor
Signature

Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician serving as the 5th president of Kosovo since 4 April 2021.[4][5] Previously, she was acting president between November 2020 and March 2021 and the speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo from February 2020 to March 2021.

Early life and education

Osmani was born in 1982 in Mitrovica, then a part of the SFR Yugoslavia,[6] and completed primary and secondary education in her home town.[1] She completed her bachelor's degree from the University of Prishtina in Kosovo.[7] In 2005 she completed her Master of Laws from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pitt Law), during which she was twice awarded the Excellence For The Future Award by the university. From 2009 to 2014, she completed her doctoral studies at Pitt Law, earning an SJD.[8]

Career

Academia

Osmani has been a lecturer at the University of Pristina and at RIT Kosovo,[1] as well as a visiting lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh.[8]

Politics

Osmani's political career began in her teens, as an activist for the centre-right Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).[1] On 27 August 2009, she was elected chief of staff, legal counsel and advisor on foreign policy for then-President of the Republic of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu. She was a member of the Kosovo Assembly for three terms and received the largest number of votes for a female politician in Kosovan parliamentary history.[8]

Osmani contributed to the independence of Kosovo, as the president's representative for the Constitution Commission, the body that prepared the Kosovan constitution. She represented Kosovo in a case at the International Court of Justice, where she defended the legality of Kosovo's independence.[9]

As part of her parliamentary duties, Osmani served as the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Diaspora and Strategic Investments and the Committee on European Integration. She also served as the vice-chair of the Committee on Constitutional Reforms in Kosovo.[8]

2019 election

Main article: 2019 Kosovan parliamentary election

Osmani was viewed as a possible prime minister of Kosovo by the LDK in the 2019 snap parliamentary election.[9][10] While campaigning for the election, she said the Kosovan people were ready for a female prime minister, and that she could fight corruption and make free market reforms for Kosovo.[11][12] She lost the election to Albin Kurti, leader of the left-wing anti-establishment party Vetëvendosje, and had received 176,016 votes.[13] She later quit the LDK after it coalesced with the Democratic Party of Kosovo, a party linked with former Albanian guerillas.[14]

Acting presidency

In 2020, Osmani was appointed acting president of Kosovo after President Hashim Thaçi resigned following an indictment by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office in The Hague.[14]

In the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election, Osmani established her own political party, Guxo, and aligned with Kurti's Vetëvendosje party. Running on an anti-corruption platform, both parties scored landslide victories, with hers receiving more than 300,000 votes. The election also gave women a third of the 120-seat parliament and an unprecedented six positions out of fifteen in the cabinet.[14]

Presidency

On 4 April 2021, the assembly elected Osmani as Kosovo's president during its third round of voting.[15][7] Although the election was boycotted by two opposition parties as well as a party representing the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo, 82 members of the 120-seat parliament cast their votes during the second day of the extraordinary session.[16][14] She won 71 of the votes, while 11 votes were declared invalid, and was subsequently sworn in for a five-year term later that day, becoming Kosovo's second female president.[16][7] Osmani said that she hoped to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia, while also calling for Belgrade to apologize for the war that led to Kosovo's declaration of independence and to prosecute those who had committed war crimes.[15][16]

Official visits

List of official visits abroad by Acting President Osmani:

# Country Year Cities visited Type of visit
1  Albania 17 December 2020 Tirana Official visit[17]
2  Belgium 12–13 January 2021 Brussels Official visit[18][19]
3  Switzerland 2–5 March 2021 Bern Official visit[20]

Awards

In 2017, Osmani was awarded the Sheth International Achievement Award by the University of Pittsburgh for her contribution to democracy and human rights.[8][9]

Personal life

In 2012, Osmani married Prindon Sadriu, an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] They have twin daughters.[14]

Bibliography

Osmani has published books, articles, monographs and papers in the field of International and Commercial Law, in Albanian and English.

  • Monograph: "Street Children in Kosovo"; Finnish Human Rights Program in Kosovo in Three Languages (English, Albanian, Serbian), 2004
  • Arbitration - A Guide for Judges and Practitioners; USAID, 2008
  • Bar Exam Manual - Section on Commercial Law; co-author; UNDP and Kosovo Chamber of Advocates, 2008
  • Business Law - Authorized Lectures; Riinvest University, Kosovo, 2008
  • The Big Impact of a Small Program on the Development of Rule of Law in Kosovo (in "The Export of Legal Education: Promoting and Impacting Transition Countries); Ashgate, 2009
  • Representing Kosovo before the International Court of Justice; Center for International Legal Education (CILE Notes), September 2010, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
  • Balkans - Foreign Affairs, Politics and Socio-Cultures (co-author of section of Kosovo's Foreign Policy); EPOKA University Publications, Tirana, October 2011; ISBN 978-9928-4044-4-2
  • Kosovo's foreign policy: Five Years On (in "Political Thought: Foreign Policy and Aspects of International Diplomacy", co-author; 2011, No 43, September 2013; Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)
  • The Role of Parliamentary Diplomacy in Shaping the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kosovo; University of Pittsburgh, Law Review, except publication: FALL, 2014

Notes

  1. ^ Template:Kosovo-note

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Vjosa Osmani is elected President of Kosovo". Class (Albania). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "A po largohet Vjosa Osmani nga LDK-ja? Kjo është deklarata e saj" [Is Vjosa Osmani leaving the LDK? This is her statement]. Kanal10 (in Albanian). 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Prindon Sadriu: Në MPJ jam punësuar para se të martohesha me Vjosa Osmanin" [Prindon Sadriu: I was employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before I married Vjosa Osmani]. Gazeta Express (in Albanian). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Kurti kandidat i VV-së për kryeministër, Osmani për presidente". Koha Ditore (in Albanian). 14 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Kosovo MPs elect lawyer Vjosa Osmani as president". Deutsche Welle. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ Callaghan, Louise (9 January 2021). "Shaped by Kosovo's war, Vjosa Osmani won't blink in her battle to cut out the rot". The Times. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Sulaj, Agim; Abdula, Furkan (4 April 2021). "Kosovo's parliament elects Vjosa Osmani as president". Anadolu. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Vjosa Osmani | University Center for International Studies". www.ucis.pitt.edu. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Vjosa Osmani, femra e parë si kandidate për kryeministre, e diplomuar në SHBA". 25 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Vjosa Osmani, the woman taking on Kosovo's 'nasty' politics to be PM". www.msn.com.
  11. ^ "Kosovo to Elect New Parliament Amid Anger Over Graft, Unemployment". Voice of America. Reuters. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  12. ^ Zivanovic, Maja; Isufi, Perparim (7 October 2019). "Opposition Vetevendosje Party Triumphs in Kosovo Election". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Këto janë subjektet politike që mund t'i votoni më 6 tetor - Gazeta Express - www.gazetaexpress.com". web.archive.org. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Kosovo parliament elects reformist lawyer Osmani as president". Daily Sabah. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  15. ^ a b Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Kosovo MPs elect lawyer Vjosa Osmani as president | DW | 04.04.2021". DW.COM. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ a b c "Kosovo parliament elects Vjosa Osmani as new president". www.aljazeera.com. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Osmani, President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa. "Fjalimi i u.d. Presidentes Vjosa Osmani në Kuvendin e Shqipërisë". Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa Osmani. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  18. ^ Osmani, President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa. "U.d. Presidentja Osmani u takua me deputetët e Parlamentit Evropian që janë në Grupin e Miqësisë së Kosovës". Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa Osmani. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  19. ^ Osmani, President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa. "U.d. Presidentja Osmani mirëpritet në Parlamentin e Belgjikës nga Presidentja e Senatit, Stephanie D'Hose dhe Kryetarja e Dhomës së Përfaqësuesve, Éliane Tillieux". Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa Osmani. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  20. ^ Osmani, President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa. "U. d presidentja Osmani u takua me Presidentin e Këshillit Kombëtar të Zvicrës, Andreas Aebi". Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo - Vjosa Osmani. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo
2020–2021 		Succeeded by
Avni Dehari
Acting
Preceded by President of Kosovo
Acting
2020–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Kosovo
2021–present 		Incumbent
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