President of Kosovo

President of the Republic of Kosovo
President of the Republic of Kosovo
Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës (in Albanian); Председник Републике Косова (in Serbian)
	Presidential seal
	Presidential standard
	Incumbent; Vjosa Osmani; since 4 April 2021
	Executive branch of the Government of Kosovo
Style	Madam President; Her Excellency
Status	Head of state
Residence	Kosovo Assembly Building
Seat	Pristina
Appointer	Kuvendi
Term length	Five years; Renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Kosovo
Inaugural holder	Ibrahim Rugova
Formation	25 January 1992 (de jure); 4 March 2002 (de facto)
Deputy	Speaker of the Assembly
Salary	2,873 € monthly
Website	Official website

The president of Kosovo (Albanian: Presidenti i Kosovës; Serbian: Председник Косова, romanized: Predsednik Kosova), officially the president of the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës; Serbian: Председник Републике Косова, romanized: Predsednik Republike Kosova), is the head of state of the Kosovo. The president is elected indirectly, by the parliament, in a secret ballot by a two-thirds majority of deputies in functions. If no candidate achieves a two-thirds majority, at the third ballot the candidate who receives a simple majority is elected.^[2] The vote in the parliament should take place no later than a month before the end of the incumbent president's term of office.^[3] The president serves for a five-year term, renewable once.

History

The first post-war president, who served until his death in January 2006, was Ibrahim Rugova. His successor was Fatmir Sejdiu. When Sejdiu resigned from his post on 27 September 2010, Jakup Krasniqi served as acting president.^[4]^[5] On 22 February 2011, Behgjet Pacolli was elected as a president of Kosovo,^[6] which was quickly evaluated as an unconstitutional move.^[7] On 4 April 2011, Behgjet Pacolli stepped down^[8] and it was decided that another candidate would be elected to serve for up to a year. A constitutional reform will be undertaken to allow for a popular vote for the president in 2013. On 7 April 2011, Atifete Jahjaga, Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police,^[9] with the rank of major general,^[10] was elected as president.

Officeholders

Political parties: LDK PDK AKR Independent Guxo Vetëvendosje

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Election
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Election
Republic of Kosova
1		Ibrahim Rugova (1944–2006)	25 January 1992	1 February 2000	8 years, 7 days	LDK	1992
UN-administered Kosovo
(1)		Ibrahim Rugova (1944–2006)	4 March 2002	21 January 2006 †	3 years, 323 days	LDK	2002
—		Nexhat Daci (born 1944) Acting	21 January 2006	10 February 2006	20 days	LDK	—
2		Fatmir Sejdiu (born 1951)	10 February 2006	17 February 2008	2 years, 7 days	LDK	2006
Republic of Kosovo
(2)		Fatmir Sejdiu (born 1951)	17 February 2008	27 September 2010	2 years, 222 days	LDK	2008
—		Jakup Krasniqi (born 1951) Acting	27 September 2010	22 February 2011	148 days	PDK	—
3		Behgjet Pacolli (born 1951)	22 February 2011	4 April 2011	41 days	AKR	2011
—		Jakup Krasniqi (born 1951) Acting	4 April 2011	7 April 2011	3 days	PDK	—
4		Atifete Jahjaga (born 1975)	7 April 2011	7 April 2016	5 years	Independent	2011
5		Hashim Thaçi (born 1968)	7 April 2016	5 November 2020	4 years, 212 days	PDK	2016
—		Vjosa Osmani (born 1982) Acting	5 November 2020	22 March 2021	137 days	Guxo	—
—		Glauk Konjufca (born 1981) Acting	22 March 2021	4 April 2021	13 days	LVV	—
6		Vjosa Osmani (born 1982)	4 April 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 298 days	Guxo	2021