Shqiprim Arifi Explained

Shqiprim Arifi
Native Name:	Шћиприм Арифи
Native Name Lang:	sr-Cyrl
Term Start:	11 April 2022
Term End:	20 April 2024
Successor:	Ragmi Mustafa
Term Start2:	15 September 2017
Term End2:	12 May 2021
Predecessor2:	Ardita Sinani
Successor2:	Ardita Sinani
Term Start3:	27 May 2016
Term End3:	13 March 2017
Predecessor3:	Ragmi Mustafa
Successor3:	Ardita Sinani
Birth Date:	14 June 1976
Citizenship:	Serbian German
Nationality:	Albanian
Occupation:	Politician, businessman
Signature:	Shqiprim Arifi (nënshkrim).svg

Shqiprim Arifi (; born 14 June 1976) is a Serbian politician of Albanian origin who served as the head of the Alternative for Changes and served as mayor of Preševo in three separate stints from 2016 to 2024.^[1] Arifi is a representative of the country's Albanian community.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Biography

Arifi was born on 14 June 1976 to an Albanian family in Mannheim, West Germany. His family hails from the village of Trnava, in the vicinity of Preševo. In Germany he attended elementary school and graduated from economics high school in 1998.^[5]

After graduating, he started working for HAAF as an international sector manager, and in 2002 he started a private business in the field of logistics, while soon opening branches of his company in Stuttgart, Leipzig, Hamburg, Bratislava and Kumanovo.^[6]

He moved from Germany to Preševo in 2013.

After the 2016 Serbian local elections, he was elected president of the municipality of Preševo, while he was re-elected in February 2018. In 2016, Arifi became the president of one of the local governments in Serbia, although he did not speak Serbian.^[7]

He advocates the annexation of the Preševo Valley to Kosovo.^{[8] [9]}

Personal life

Arifi is married and has three daughters. Arifi's younger brother, Shpejtim (born 3 May 1979) is a football manager and former player.^[10]

References

1. Web site: Shqiprim Arifi bëhet gjysh . RTV21 . 2022-11-14 . sq . 2023-11-23.
2. Web site: Kush është Shqiprim Arifi? . Kosova Sot . 2022-04-12 . 2023-11-23.
3. Web site: Samiti i Diasporës, Shqiprim Arifi flet troç pa një fjalim të shkruar: Investoni më shumë kohë për ne . Gazeta Koha Jone . 2023-11-23 . 2023-11-23.
4. Web site: “Serbia, spastrim etnik buroktratik”/ Arifi kërkon unifikim të shqiptarëve: Jo vetëm qëndrime pro ndaj Preshevës . Top Channel . 2023-11-23 . 2023-11-23.
5. Web site: Kryetari – Komuna e Preshevës. 2021-03-29. sq.
6. http://www.kt.gov.rs/images/Sciprim_Arifi_bio2018_ser.pdf Председник општинe Прешево
7. Web site: Alo!. Funkcioner u Srbiji, a ne zna reč srpskog?!. 2021-03-29. alo. sr.
8. Web site:

   Шћиприм Арифи: Албанци Прешевске долине ни по коју цену не прихватају поделу Косова како би се жеља за уједињењем са Косовом остварила

   . 2021-03-29. Нова српска политичка мисао. sr-rs.
9. Web site: R.E./Beta. 2018-08-30. PREDSEDNIK OPŠTINE PREŠEVO ŠĆIPRIM ARIFI: Ili će se cela Preševska dolina pripojiti Kosovu ili će Albanci nastaviti rat sa Srbijom. 2021-03-29. Ekspres.net. en-US.
10. Web site: Bruder. Brother. de. Shqiprim Arifi. Facebook. 24 November 2021.