Fatmir Sejdiu

Fatmir Sejdiu ( born October 23, 1951 in Pakashtica / Pakaštica at Podujevë / Podujevo, Kosovo ) was from February 2006 to President of Kosovo and of 17 February 2008 to September 27, 2010 the first President of the Republic of Kosovo in accordance with the internationally controversial explanation of independence. Before the election, Sejdiu was Professor of Legal History at the University of Pristina.

Career

Sejdiu attended elementary school and high school in Podujevo, he studied law at the University of Pristina, received his doctorate in jurisprudence and eventually became a professor. Sejdiu was founded in 1989 after the establishment of the Kosovo Albanian LDK by Ibrahim Rugova Secretary General of the party. In this position he maintained relations with Kosovo Albanians abroad. Later, he served as Group President of the LDK in the parliament of Kosovo. Most recently he was a member of the Parliament's Bureau. He was considered a confidant of Rugova and when the second man behind the party founder. After the invasion of NATO in Kosovo, he was one of the authors of the Constitution of Kosovo ( the so-called " constitutional framework" ).

After Rugova died as Acting President, Sejdiu was elected his successor on 10 February 2006 in the third ballot with 80 of 120 votes in Parliament. For Sejdiu voted his party LDK, whose coalition party Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, the party ORA, as well as the political representatives of the Bosnian and Turkish minority who have come together in the faction " G-6 ". Sejdiu resigned as President of Kosovo on 27 September 2010 after the Constitutional Court ruled that a sitting president should not be party leader of a party at the same time. Sejdiu had left his position as party leader of the LDK since taking office as president in 2006 only to rest. Successor was loud Kosovan constitution of the transitional parliament speaker Jakup Krasniqi ( PDK).

Beliefs

Sejdiu renowned as an advocate of complete independence of Kosovo and as a staunch supporter of non-violence. A moderate politician, he always stood up for the non-violent struggle for independence from Serbia. Unlike many leaders of Kosovo, he completed no military career. During the Kosovo war between Serbia, NATO and the KLA Liberation Army in 1999, he forbade his sons to bear arms. Therefore applies to political representatives of Serbs in Kosovo as an acceptable interlocutor.

Personal Data

Fatmir Sejdiu is married to Musafere Sejdiu and has three sons. In addition to Albanian, he speaks also Serbian, French and English.