14 Facts About Kadri Veseli

Kadri Veseli was born on 31 May 1967 and is a Kosovo Albanian politician, former chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo and the Kosovo Intelligence Service.

Kadri Veseli is the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo.

Kadri Veseli was the chief of the Kosovo Intelligence Service, a post-war state intelligence organisation.

Kadri Veseli began his higher education studies in 1990 at the University of Pristina, in the faculty of Agriculture, and at the Higher Pedagogical School in the Albanian Language and Literature Department.

Kadri Veseli has a bachelor's degree from the Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania, and an MBA in General Management from Sheffield University's international faculty in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kadri Veseli is currently preparing his PhD thesis in the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Kadri Veseli was present in the Battle of Llapushnik as a commander.

Kadri Veseli remained the leader of the organisation as it transformed into Kosovo Intelligence Service, a post-war intelligence organisation, until its disbandment in 2008.

Kadri Veseli was voted Chairman of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo on 8 December 2014.

In May 2016, following the resignation of Hashim Thaci to become President of the Republic, Kadri Veseli became President of the PDK by popular vote.

Kadri Veseli was elected with no votes against and no abstentions.

Kadri Veseli won the most votes of any coalition candidate, with 129,947 votes.

Kadri Veseli's party took the third place with 178,637 votes, with Veseli winning 145,881 votes.

Kadri Veseli voluntarily surrendered to the tribunal after he was charged, claiming that he saw the trial as "an opportunity to finally answer the false allegations and rumours that have been circulating for many years".