Jakup Krasniqi (born 1 January 1951) is a Kosovo-Albanian politician and former acting

President of Kosovo The president of the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës, ), is the head of state and chief representative of the de facto Republic of Kosovo in the country and abroad. The president is elected indirectly, by the Asse ...

. He is former Chairman 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 ...

. In November 2020 he was arrested for charges of crimes against humanity and war crime filed before the

Kosovo Specialist Chambers The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office (KSC & SPO) is a court of Kosovo, located in The Hague (Netherlands), hosting four ''Specialist Chambers'' and the ''Specialist Prosecutors Office'', which may perform their activi ...

Early life

Jakup Krasniqi was born near

Glogovac Drenas, also known as Gllogoc or Glogovac, is a town and municipality in central Kosovo. As of the 2011 census, there were 6,143 people residing in Drenas and 58,531 in the municipality. History The municipality of Drenas was established be ...

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 ...

to Albanian parents. He finished elementary school in his birthplace, Negroc, in 1965 while he finished high school in

Prishtina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

in 1971. He attended the Faculty of Philology of the

University of Prishtina 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 ...

and graduated in 1976.

Political career

During 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 wa ...

, he was the spokesman for the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK). As of 28 September 2010, Jakup Krasniqi served as the acting President of Kosovo, following the resignation of

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following a

constitutional crisis In political science, a constitutional crisis is a problem or conflict in the function of a government that the political constitution or other fundamental governing law is perceived to be unable to resolve. There are several variations to this ...

. As of 31 March 2011, Jakup Krasniqi was the acting President of Kosovo, following the resignation of

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. He did not effectively assume office until April 2, 2011; a ceremony is yet to take place on Monday, April 4. On April 7

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was elected as President of Kosovo thus ending Jakup Krasniqi's serving as the acting President of Kosovo. In November 2020 he was arrested for charges of crimes against humanity and war crime filed before the

Personal life

Krasniqi is married to Sevdije (Shala) Krasniqi and has four children; three daughters and one son.

Books

* "Kthesa e Madhe – Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 304 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2006. * “ Kosova in a historical context” Publisher by “Europrinty” 128 p. Prishtina/Kosovo 2007. * "Kthesa e Madhe – Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës"; Completed the second edition. Publishing House "Buzuku", 320 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2007. * "Një luftë ndryshe për Kosovën"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 224 faqe, Prishtina/Kosovo 2007; * "Kosova në kontekst historik"; Completed the second edition. Publishing House "Buzuku", 208 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2010; * "Pavarësia si kompromis"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 208 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2010; * "Lëvizja për Republikën e Kosovës 1981-1991 sipas shtypit shqiptar"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 320 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2011; * "Pranvera e lirisë '81"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 192 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2011; * "Flijimi për lirinë"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 192 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2011; * "Guxo ta duash lirinë"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 192 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2011; * "Pavarësi dhe personalitete (Në 100-vjetorin e Pavarësisë së Shqipërisë)"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 400 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2012; * "Një histori e kontestuar (Kritikë librit të Oliver Jens Schmitt: “Kosova - histori e shkurtër e një treve qendrore ballkanike”)"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 224 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2013; * "Zhurmuesit e demokracisë"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 192 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2016; * "Reflektime demokratike"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 408 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2017; * "Arti i bisedimeve"; Publishing House "Buzuku", 216 p., Prishtina/Kosovo 2018;

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