Edita Tahiri
Edita Tahiri ( born July 29, 1956 in Prizren ) is a Kosovar politician (ADK ) and since February 22, 2011 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo.
Life
Edita Tahiri received his doctorate in 1980 at the University of Prishtina in electronics and telecommunications. Then she graduated in 1983 Postgraduate studies in Digital Telecommunications at the University of Essex. In 2002, she achieved a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Diploma in Public Policy and Management at the Harvard Kennedy School. In 2003 she graduated at the European Center for Security Studies George C. Marshall and 2006/ 07 she participated in a research series in state-building at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in part.
Edita Tahiri is one of the most important politicians in the recent history of Kosovo and was co-founder of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK ) in the 1990s. This ranks as the second largest party in the country ( since 2011: 27 of 120 seats in parliament ) and has long been dominated by former President Ibrahim Rugova, the founding father of the party. The political career Edita Tahiris began in 1991 when she was elected to the presidency of the LDK and remained there until 1998. In the same period she was minister for foreign affairs. Between 1991 and 2000 she was also Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosova in the cabinet of Ibrahim Rugova. In 1991, she co-founded the organization of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples ( UNPO ). In 1992, she was first elected to the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo and reelected in 1998, 2001, 2007 and 2011. In this period, she held various offices in the parliamentary committees. In 1999 she participated in the conference for the Treaty of Rambouillet.
After the Kosovo war in 1999, Tahiri distanced more and more of the ideals of the LDK and fought for reforms in the country and their party. Along with her followers she founded in May 2004, the Democratic Alternative of Kosovo ( ADK). 2007 and 2011 was their new party coalition partner of the ruling party PDK.
Edita Tahiri 2002 was a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Prishtina. It is also since the start in March 2011, Deputy for Kosovo in direct talks with Serbia in order to regulate technical and regulatory issues between the two neighbors. The talks are strongly criticized by the opposition, including from Vetëvendosje! . They are not compatible with the Constitution of Kosovo.
Honors
- Honorary citizenship of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States (1993 )
Life
Edita Tahiri speaks her native language Albanian and English, Kroatoserbisch and Turkish. Today was born in the town of Prizren südkosovarischen politician lives in the capital Pristina. She is unmarried and childless.