The prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Kryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës, Serbian: Премијер Републике Косово, romanized: Premijer Republike Kosovo) is the head of government of Kosovo.
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo | |
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| Kryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës (in Albanian) Премијер Pепубликe Косово (in Serbian) | |
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| Executive branch of the Government of Kosovo | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | |
| Nominator | President of Kosovo |
| Appointer | Assembly of Kosovo |
| Term length | Four years Renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Jusuf Zejnullahu (de jure) Bajram Rexhepi (de facto) |
| Formation | 7 September 1990 (de jure) 4 March 2002 (de facto) |
| Salary | €1,500 monthly[1] |
| Website | in Albanian in Serbian in English |
The prime minister and the Government of Kosovo, which they head, are responsible for their actions to the Assembly of Kosovo, of which they must all be members. The current prime minister of Kosovo is Albin Kurti, who assumed office on 22 March 2021.
Officeholders
editPrime minister
editPolitical parties: LDK PDK AAK PPK Independent Vetëvendosje
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Jusuf Zejnullahu (born 1944)  | 7 September 1990 | 5 October 1991 | 1 year, 28 days | LDK | — | |
| 2 | Bujar Bukoshi (born 1947)  | 5 October 1991 | 1 February 2000 | 8 years, 119 days | LDK | — | |
| — | Hashim Thaçi (born 1968)  Provisional Prime Minister In opposition | 2 April 1999 | 1 February 2000 | 305 days | PDK | — | |
| 3 | Bajram Rexhepi (1954–2017)  | 4 March 2002 | 3 December 2004 | 2 years, 274 days | PDK | 2001 | |
| 4 | Ramush Haradinaj (born 1968)  | 3 December 2004 | 8 March 2005 | 95 days | AAK | 2004 | |
| — | Adem Salihaj (born 1950) Acting  | 8 March 2005 | 25 March 2005 | 17 days | LDK | — | |
| 5 | 
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Bajram Kosumi (born 1960) 
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25 March 2005 | 10 March 2006 | 350 days | PPK | — |
| 6 | Agim Çeku (born 1960)  | 10 March 2006 | 9 January 2008 | 1 year, 305 days | Independent | — | |
| 7 | Hashim Thaçi (born 1968) | 9 January 2008 | 17 February 2008 | 39 days | PDK | 2007 | |
| (7) | Hashim Thaçi (born 1968) | 17 February 2008 | 9 December 2014 | 6 years, 295 days | PDK | 2007 2010 | |
| 8 | Isa Mustafa (born 1951)  | 9 December 2014 | 9 September 2017 | 2 years, 274 days | LDK | 2014 | |
| (4) | Ramush Haradinaj (born 1968) | 9 September 2017 | 3 February 2020 | 2 years, 147 days | AAK | 2017 | |
| 9 | Albin Kurti (born 1975)  | 3 February 2020 | 3 June 2020 | 121 days | Vetëvendosje | 2019 | |
| 10 | Avdullah Hoti (born 1976)  | 3 June 2020 | 22 March 2021 | 292 days | LDK | – | |
| (9) | Albin Kurti (born 1975) | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 247 days | Vetëvendosje | 2021 | |
Deputy Prime Ministers
editThe deputy prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Zëvendëskryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës, Serbian: Заменик премијера Републике Косово, romanized: Zamenik premijera Republike Kosovo) is the deputy head of government of Kosovo. In the absence of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister takes over the functions of chairman of the cabinet. The office is the second senior minister of the cabinet in the executive branch of the government in the parliamentary system in the Republic of Kosovo.
Political parties: PDK LDK AKR SLS SL NISMA Vetëvendosje AAK Guxo NDS
| No. | Portrait | First Deputy Prime Minister (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Image | Deputy Prime Minister (Born-Died) |
Term of office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Thaçi cabinet | |||||||||
| 1 | 
|
Hajredin Kuçi (born 1971) |
9 January 2008 | 15 April 2011 |
|
Ramë Manaj (born 1954) |
9 January 2008 | 18 October 2010 | |
| Third Thaçi cabinet | |||||||||
| 2 | 
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Behgjet Pacolli (born 1951) 
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15 April 2011 | 9 December 2014 | 
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Mimoza Kusari-Lila (born 1975) 
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22 February 2011 | 2 October 2013 | |
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Hajredin Kuçi (born 1971) |
22 February 2011 | 9 December 2014 | ||||||
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Bujar Bukoshi (born 1947)
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22 February 2011 | 9 December 2014 | ||||||
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Edita Tahiri (born 1956) 
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22 February 2011 | 9 December 2014 | ||||||
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Slobodan Petrović (born 1969) |
22 February 2011 | 9 December 2014 | ||||||
| Mustafa cabinet | |||||||||
| 3 | 
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Hashim Thaçi (born 1968)
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9 December 2014 | 7 April 2016 |
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Kujtim Shala (born 1964) |
9 December 2014 | 24 August 2016 | |
| (1) |
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Hajredin Kuçi (born 1971) |
2 June 2016 | 9 September 2017 |
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Branimir Stojanović | 9 December 2014 | 9 September 2017 | |
|
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Ramiz Kelmendi (born 1958) |
27 October 2016 | 9 September 2017 | ||||||
| Second Haradinaj cabinet | |||||||||
| (2) |
|
Behgjet Pacolli (born 1951)
|
9 September 2017 | 3 February 2020 | 
|
Enver Hoxhaj (born 1969) |
9 September 2017 | 3 February 2020 | |
|
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Fatmir Limaj (born 1971) 
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9 September 2017 | 3 February 2020 | ||||||
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Dardan Gashi (born 1969) 
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9 September 2017 | 3 February 2020 | ||||||
|
Dalibor Jevtić (born 1978) |
9 September 2017 | 3 February 2020 | ||||||
| First Kurti cabinet | |||||||||
| 4 | 
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Avdullah Hoti (born 1976)
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3 February 2020 | 25 March 2020 |
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Haki Abazi (born 1974) 
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3 February 2020 | 3 June 2020 | |
| Hoti cabinet | |||||||||
| 5 |
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Besnik Tahiri (born 1975) 
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3 June 2020 | 22 March 2021 |
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Driton Selmanaj (born 1979) |
3 June 2020 | 22 March 2021 | |
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Albulena Balaj-Halimaj (born 1983) |
3 June 2020 | 22 March 2021 | ||||||
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Goran Rakić (born 1971) |
3 June 2020 | 22 March 2021 | ||||||
| Second Kurti cabinet | |||||||||
| 6 | 
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Besnik Bislimi (born 1971) 
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22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 
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Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz (born 1971) 
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22 March 2021 | Incumbent | |
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Emilija Redžepi (born 1973) |
22 March 2021 | Incumbent | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Osmani, Taulant (12 February 2020). "Kurti cuts salaries across government". prishtinainsight.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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