Bajram Kosumi (born 20 March 1960, in Kosova, Kamenica , is a Kosovar politician who served as the third

prime minister of Kosovo The prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Kryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës, sr, Премијер Републике Косова, Premijer Republike Kosova) is the head of government of Kosovo. The prime minister and the Gover ...

for nearly one year. He was nominated by Kosovan President

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and elected Prime Minister by the Kosovo Parliament on 23 March 2005 following his predecessor

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's . Kosumi resigned on 1 March 2006 amid widespread unpopularity and was replaced by former general leader

Agim Çeku Agim Çeku ( sh, Agim Čeku, born 29 October 1960) is a Kosovan politician, the former minister of Security Forces in Kosovo and formerly the prime minister. Of military background, he was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) that f ...

. He also served as the deputy chairman of the

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Family and life

He is married and has four children. He lives in

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and Kamenica.

Education

He graduated in Philology and has a Master's Degree in Albanian Literature from the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the K ...

. In 2008 he became a Doctor of Philology

Past and present activities and functions

Kosumi is a veteran figure on Kosovo's political scene. He was a student activist and in March 1981 was sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking part in demonstrations against the government. He served almost ten years of his sentence before being released in 1991. From 1991 until 1993 he worked as a journalist. In 1993, Kosumi became president of the

Parliamentary Party of Kosovo The Parliamentary Party of Kosovo (''Partia Parliamentare e Kosovës'', PPK) is a social-liberal political party in the Republic of Kosovo. It is led by former prime minister Bajram Kosumi. It is one of the oldest parties in Kosovo. The party w ...

. He is a quiet, cerebral politician, who took part in the

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talks in early 1999, prior to the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...

. Kosumi was a supporter of the

Kosovo Liberation Army The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the ...

(KLA) insurgency, but he did not take up arms or wear the uniform. He did serve as minister of information in the

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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. He is currently deputy chairman of the

, the third largest political party in Kosovo. From December 2004 until he became the third post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo, Kosumi was the Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning of the

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Published books

Bajram Kosumi has also published a number of books. * “Book of Liberty” (''Albanian:'' Libri i lirisë) (1991),

. * “A Concept on Sub-Policy” (1995), Pristina. * “Vocabulary of Barbarians” (2000), Pristina. * “A Concept on the New Political Thought” (2001), Pristina. * “Fishta's Lyric” (''Albanian:'' Lirika e Fishtës) (1994),

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Bajram Kosumi
member of the

Assembly of Kosovo The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Kuvendi i Republikës së Kosovës; sr, Скупштина Републике Косово, Skupština Republike Kosovo) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Kosovo that is directly electe ...

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BBC News article "Kosovo prime minister steps down"
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