11 minutes ago11 years since Atifete Jahjaga was elected president of Kosovo
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)With 80 votes for the Kosovo Assembly on April 7, 2011, it has elected former deputy director general of the Kosovo Police, Atifete Jahjagan, to the post of president. Jahjaga was the PDK's joint candidate, LDK and AKR under the agreement reached between the leaders of these three political parties, under ambassador's mediation [...]
Jahjaga was the joint candidate of the PDK, the LDK and the AKR under the agreement reached between the leaders of these three political parties, under the mediation of US Ambassador to Pristina Christopher Dell.
She won in the first round of voting. For the counterCandidate had AKR deputy Susan Novoberdaliu, who received only 10 votes, while another 10 votes were invalid.
The president-elect, Atifete Jahjaga, has sworn before the Parliament that she will defend the Constitution, sovereignty and integrity of the Republic of Kosovo.
In the first speech before Parliament, President Jahjaga said there is will and self-confidence to help reforms and positive changes in Kosovo.
The voting process was boycotted by the Vetevendosje Movement.
Finally, with 75 votes for and 2 abstentions, the Parliament has also adopted the resolution, with which it supports the agreement reached between Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, LDK leader Isa Mustafa, and the former presidential candidate Behxhet Pacolli.
The reconciliation of the trend for constitutional changes, electoral reform, presidential elections after approximately a year and a half and parliamentary elections after approximately two and a half years is included.
Who is Atifete Jahjaga?
Atifete Jahjaga was born on April 20th, 1975, in Gjakova, meanwhile, primary, secondary schooling and studies at the Jurydic Faculty conducted in Pristina.
He also completed studies at the University of Leicester in England, postdipplical detification in police and criminal law management in 2006/2007, and postplomatic deportation in criminal science at the University of Virginia in the United States.
Her career was started in the Kosovo Police, being engaged in different sectors of this institution, from patrolling to investigating.
He also conducted training at the European Security Centre “George Marshall” in Germany and the FBI National Academy at the Department of Justice in the United States.
Jahjaga has exercised the post of deputy director general of the Kosovo Police, while a time has also exercised the task of the institution's general director.
