Emilija Redžepi (; born 15 July 1973) is a Kosovan Bosniak politician who is a member of the

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, and serves as the Third Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo.

Career

Emilija Redžepi is a

Bosniak The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

from

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. She has been critical of the lack of support for

affairs within Kosovo, speaking at a conference on the Day of Bosniak Community she supported teaching in Bosnian and upholding traditions. As well as being a Member of the

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, where she is a member of the

, she has spoken of external affairs, encouraging

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to abandon the requirements for Kosovans to have

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s to cross the border. Her daughter was briefly kidnapped in 2015, which Redžepi perceived as a threat to be "careful what she is doing". In 2017, she announced her candidacy for Mayor of

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, which has a notable Bosniak population. This was after receiving the support of her party. She ended up receiving less than 5% of the vote. Later that year, she supported a vote of no confidence in the government coalition.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Redzepi, Emilija Living people Kosovan women in politics Kosovan people of Bosniak descent Members of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo 21st-century women politicians Deputy prime ministers of Kosovo Government ministers of Kosovo Women government ministers of Kosovo 1973 births