Visar Ymeri (born 11 October 1973) is a Kosovar activist, analyst and politician who served as the deputy leader of the

Social Democratic Party of Kosovo The Social Democratic Party of Kosovo ( sq, Partia Socialdemokrate e Kosovës, PSD) is a political party in Kosovo. It was established on 10 February 1990 by Kaqusha Jashari, and was the second political party to be established in the newly plur ...

. He served as the leader of the

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movement in Kosovo between 2015 and 2018.

Politics

Visar Ymeri was one of the leading members of

Vetëvendosje Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (, en, Self-determination Movement; LVV) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Kosovo. It is orientated towards principles of social democracy, populism, and Albanian nationalism. Vetëvendosje was founded in ...

, the largest party of

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 ...

. In

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he was elected as a deputy of Vetëvendosje and was its chairman in 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 ...

. He is also a member of the parliamentary committee for economic development, infrastructure, trade and industry. Visar Ymeri was elected leader of

on 1 March 2015, at the General Council meeting, winning 97.42% of the vote. On 2 January 2018, Ymeri resigned as leader of

, two months before the end of this mandate, following a crisis within the party.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ymeri, Visar Albanian politicians Kosovo Albanians Kosovan politicians Politics of Kosovo 1973 births Living people Vetëvendosje politicians Leaders of political parties