10 Facts About Avdullah Hoti

Avdullah Hoti was born on 4 February 1976 and is a Kosovan politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Kosovo from 3 June 2020 until 22 March 2021.

In September 2020, Hoti signed the agreement on normalisation of economic relations with Serbia and accession to the Mini Schengen Zone, as well as on mutual recognition between Kosovo and Israel and the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Avdullah Hoti has an active role in the European Union-mediated negotiations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo.

Avdullah Hoti was elected as vice president of Pristina in the 2008 communal elections.

Avdullah Hoti served until the next communal elections in 2013, when his party lost the city.

Avdullah Hoti served in that position until 2017 when the government was voted out by a no-confidence motion.

Avdullah Hoti became the head of the LDK parliamentary group from 2017 until 2020, when he took office as First Deputy Prime Minister.

Avdullah Hoti was nominated by the LDK to be his party's nominee for PM after the Kurti government failed a confidence vote, but his eligibility to be PM was questioned by Albin Kurti and his party on the grounds that one cannot form a government without first having the party that won the election enter government, and they demanded new elections.

On 3 June 2020, Avdullah Hoti was elected Prime Minister with 61 votes in favor, 24 against and one abstention.

On 2 August 2020, Avdullah Hoti announced on his Facebook page that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 suffering mild symptoms, and that he would work from home in the coming two weeks.