Bajram Kosumi was nominated by Kosovan President Ibrahim Rugova and elected Prime Minister by the Kosovo Parliament on 23 March 2005 following his predecessor Ramush Haradinaj's indictment for war crimes and subsequent resignation.
11 Facts About Bajram Kosumi
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Bajram Kosumi served as the deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.
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Bajram Kosumi graduated in Philology and has a Master's Degree in Albanian Literature from the University of Pristina.
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Bajram Kosumi was a student activist and in March 1981 was sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking part in demonstrations against the government.
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Bajram Kosumi served almost ten years of his sentence before being released in 1991.
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In 1993, Bajram Kosumi became president of the Parliamentary Party of Kosovo.
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Bajram Kosumi is a quiet, cerebral politician, who took part in the Rambouillet talks in early 1999, prior to the Kosovo War.
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Bajram Kosumi was a supporter of the Kosovo Liberation Army insurgency, but he did not take up arms or wear the uniform.
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Bajram Kosumi did serve as minister of information in the provisional government of Kosovo.
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Bajram Kosumi is currently deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, the third largest political party in Kosovo.
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From December 2004 until he became the third post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo, Bajram Kosumi was the Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning of the Government of Kosovo.