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Social Democratic Union (Kosovo)
The Social Democratic Union ( bs, Socijaldemokratska Unija, SDU) is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representing Bosniaks in Kosovo, Bosniaks. It was founded by Duda Balje, who is also the party’s only Assembly Member. Balje was a member of the Vakat Coalition in the 2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, 2019 legislative elections, who then later moved to the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK parliamentary group. The party ran in the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election, 2021 legislative elections getting 2,549 votes, initially failing to get any representation in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Assembly. However, the party made a complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (PZAP in Albanian) over the irregularity of votes received by the Vakat Coalition and the United Community led by Adrijana Hodžić. This complaint was accepted and the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel decided to annul 4,205 votes from Community of Serb Municipalities, Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duda Balje
Duda Balje (born 16 October 1977) is a Bosniaks in Kosovo, Kosovar Bosniak politician. A member of the Vakat Coalition, she served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Kosovan Assembly from 2001 to 2017. She chaired the Commission on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Missing Persons and Petitions. She declared on her Facebook page that she will vote against a new Civil Code that would legalize same-sex marriage. She decided to vote against because it does not match her religious beliefs. Personal life Balje holds a Master of Science in business economics and a Doctorate, Ph.D. in human resources management. She is married and has three children{{cite web, title=Deputetja huton deputetët, kush është nëna e tre fëmijeve që po ndez Kuvendin e Kosovës, url=http://www.story.al/deputetja-huton-deputetet-kush-eshte-nena-e-tre-femijeve-qe-po-ndez-kuvendin-e-kosoves/, website=story.al, language=sq, date=18 April 2018, access-date=2 June 2018. Annotations {{notes, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrijana Hodžić
Adrijana Hodžić (, ; born 1975) is a Kosovar politician of Bosniak ethnicity who is currently serving as the Deputy Mayor of North Mitrovica since 10 December 2020. Prior to this she served as the Minister of Administration and Local Government of Kosovo from 12 April 2019 to 3 February 2020. Biography Hodžić was born to a Bosniak father and an Albanian mother in 1975 in Titova Mitrovica, which at the time was part of the SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia and SFR Yugoslavia. She gained experience in running businesses of public importance immediately after the Kosovo War, when as a regional manager in the non-governmental sector she managed projects in all Serb areas in North Kosovo, including enclaves in the south. First through humanitarian actions (providing accommodation to endangered families, distribution of food, medicine and firewood) and then through a series of economic development projects in these communities. On 20 July 2012, Hodžić was named as the head of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosniak Political Parties
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo as well as in Austria, Germany, Turkey and Sweden. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic ties to the Bosnian historical region, adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, culture, and the Bosnian language. English speakers frequently refer to Bosniaks as Bosnian MuslimsThis term is considered inaccurate since not all Bosniaks profess Islam or practice the religion. Partly because of this, since the dissolution of Yugoslavia, ''Bosniak'' has replaced ''Muslim'' as an official ethnic term in part to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
