Emilija Redžepi | |
Office: | Third Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo for Minority Issues and Human Rights |
Term Start: | 22 March 2021 |
President: | Glauk Konjufca (Acting) Vjosa Osmani |
Primeminister: | Albin Kurti |
Predecessor: | Albulena Balaj-Halimaj |
Office1: | Minister of Administration and Local Government |
Term Start1: | 3 February 2020 |
Term End1: | 3 June 2020 |
President1: | Hashim Thaçi |
Primeminister1: | Albin Kurti |
Predecessor1: | Adrijana Hodžić |
Successor1: | Goran Rakić |
Office2: | Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo |
Term Start2: | 2014 |
Term End2: | 2020 |
President2: | Atifete Jahjaga Hashim Thaçi |
Primeminister2: | Isa Mustafa Ramush Haradinaj |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1973 |
Birth Place: | Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Kosovan and Bosniak |
Party: | New Democratic Party |
Children: | 1 |
Occupation: | Politician |
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Emilija Redžepi (sq|Emilija Rexhepi; born 15 July 1973)[1] is a Kosovan Bosniak politician, and is a member of the New Democratic Party, and serves as the Third Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo.
Emilija Redžepi is a Bosniak in Kosovo.[2] She has been critical of the lack of support for Bosniak affairs within Kosovo, speaking at a conference on the Day of Bosniak Community she supported teaching in Bosnian and upholding traditions.[3] As well as being a Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo,[3] where she is a member of the New Democratic Party,[4] she has spoken of external affairs, encouraging Bosnia and Herzegovina to abandon the requirements for Kosovans to have travel visas to cross the border.[2]
Her daughter was briefly kidnapped in 2015, which Redžepi perceived as a threat to be "careful what she is doing".[5] In 2017, she announced her candidacy for Mayor of Prizren,[6] which has a notable Bosniak population.[3] This was after receiving the support of her party.[6] She ended up receiving less than 5% of the vote.[7] Later that year, she supported a vote of no confidence in the government coalition.[8]