Bajram Kosumi

Infobox Prime Minister


name=Bajram Kosumi
order=5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
party=AAK
term_start =23 March 2005
term_end =1 March 2006
predecessor =Ramush Haradinaj
successor =Agim Çeku
birth_date =Birth date and age|1960|3|20|mf=y
birth_place =Tuxhec/Kosovska Kamenica, Kosovo (Yugoslavia)
death_date =
death_place =

Bajram Kosumi (born March 20, 1960, in Tuxhec, Kosovska Kamenica - Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia) is an ethnic Albanian politician in Kosovo. He was the Prime Minister of Kosovo for the best part of a year, from March 23, 2005 until March 1, 2006 and the deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.

Family and Life

He is married and has four children. He lives in Priština and Kamenica.

Education

He graduated in Philology and has a Master's Degree in Albanian Literature from the University of Priština.

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. He is a quiet, cerebral politician, who took part in the Rambouillet talks in early 1999, prior to NATO's 11-week bombing. Kosumi was a supporter of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) insurgency, however he did not take up arms or wear uniform.

He is currently the deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, 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 Government of Kosovo.

Published Books

Bajram Kosumi has also published a number of books.
* “Book of Liberty” ("Albanian:" Libri i lirisë) (1991), Priština.
* “A Concept on Sub-Policy” (1995), Priština.
* “Vocabulary of Barbarians” (2000), Priština.
* “A Concept on the New Political Thought” (2001), Priština.
* “Fista's Lyric” ("Albanian:" Lirika e Fishtës) (1991), Tirana.

External links

* [http://www.assembly-kosova.org/?krye=deputet&lang=en&depid=465 Bajram Kosumi] , member of the Assembly of Kosovo.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4763400.stm BBC News article "Kosovo prime minister steps down"]