Prime Minister of Kosovo

Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo
Kryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës (in Albanian) Премијер Pепубликe Косово (in Serbian)
National Emblem
Incumbent Albin Kurti since 22 March 2021
Executive branch of the Government of Kosovo
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Assembly of Kosovo
Nominator	President of Kosovo
Appointer	Assembly of Kosovo
Term length	Four years Renewable
Inaugural holder	Jusuf Zejnullahu (de jure) Bajram Rexhepi (de facto)
Formation	7 September 1990 (de jure) 4 March 2002 (de facto)
Salary	€1,500 monthly
Website	in Albanian in Serbian in English

The prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Kryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës, Serbian: Премијер Републике Косово, romanized: Premijer Republike Kosovo) is the head of government of Kosovo.

The prime minister and the Government of Kosovo, which they head, are responsible for their actions to the Assembly of Kosovo, of which they must all be members. The current prime minister of Kosovo is Albin Kurti, who assumed office on 22 March 2021.

Officeholders

Prime minister

Political parties:   LDK   PDK   AAK   PPK   Independent   Vetëvendosje

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Election
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of Kosova
1		Jusuf Zejnullahu (born 1944)	7 September 1990	5 October 1991	1 year, 28 days	LDK	—
2		Bujar Bukoshi (born 1947)	5 October 1991	1 February 2000	8 years, 119 days	LDK	—
—		Hashim Thaçi (born 1968) Provisional Prime Minister In opposition	2 April 1999	1 February 2000	305 days	PDK	—
UN-administered Kosovo
3		Bajram Rexhepi (1954–2017)	4 March 2002	3 December 2004	2 years, 274 days	PDK	2001
4		Ramush Haradinaj (born 1968)	3 December 2004	8 March 2005	95 days	AAK	2004
—		Adem Salihaj (born 1950) Acting	8 March 2005	25 March 2005	17 days	LDK	—
5		Bajram Kosumi (born 1960)	25 March 2005	10 March 2006	350 days	PPK	—
6		Agim Çeku (born 1960)	10 March 2006	9 January 2008	1 year, 305 days	Independent	—
7		Hashim Thaçi (born 1968)	9 January 2008	17 February 2008	39 days	PDK	2007
Republic of Kosovo
(7)		Hashim Thaçi (born 1968)	17 February 2008	9 December 2014	6 years, 295 days	PDK	2007 2010
8		Isa Mustafa (born 1951)	9 December 2014	9 September 2017	2 years, 274 days	LDK	2014
(4)		Ramush Haradinaj (born 1968)	9 September 2017	3 February 2020	2 years, 147 days	AAK	2017
9		Albin Kurti (born 1975)	3 February 2020	3 June 2020	121 days	Vetëvendosje	2019
10		Avdullah Hoti (born 1976)	3 June 2020	22 March 2021	292 days	LDK	–
(9)		Albin Kurti (born 1975)	22 March 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 280 days	Vetëvendosje	2021

Timeline

Deputy prime ministers

The deputy prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Zëvendëskryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës, Serbian: Заменик премијера Републике Косово, romanized: Zamenik premijera Republike Kosovo) is the deputy head of government of Kosovo. In the absence of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister takes over the functions of chairman of the cabinet. The office is the second senior minister of the cabinet in the executive branch of the government in the parliamentary system in the Republic of Kosovo.

Political parties:   PDK   LDK   AKR   SLS   SL   NISMA   Vetëvendosje   AAK   Guxo   NDS

No.	Portrait	First Deputy Prime Minister (Born-Died)	Term of office		Image		Deputy Prime Minister (Born-Died)	Term of office
Second Thaçi cabinet
1		Hajredin Kuçi (born 1971)	9 January 2008	15 April 2011			Ramë Manaj (born 1954)	9 January 2008	18 October 2010
Third Thaçi cabinet
2		Behgjet Pacolli (born 1951)	15 April 2011	9 December 2014			Mimoza Kusari-Lila (born 1975)	22 February 2011	2 October 2013
							Hajredin Kuçi (born 1971)	22 February 2011	9 December 2014
							Bujar Bukoshi (born 1947)	22 February 2011	9 December 2014
							Edita Tahiri (born 1956)	22 February 2011	9 December 2014
							Slobodan Petrović (born 1969)	22 February 2011	9 December 2014
Mustafa cabinet
3		Hashim Thaçi (born 1968)	9 December 2014	7 April 2016			Kujtim Shala (born 1964)	9 December 2014	24 August 2016
(1)		Hajredin Kuçi (born 1971)	2 June 2016	9 September 2017			Branimir Stojanović	9 December 2014	9 September 2017
							Ramiz Kelmendi (born 1958)	27 October 2016	9 September 2017
Second Haradinaj cabinet
(2)		Behgjet Pacolli (born 1951)	9 September 2017	3 February 2020			Enver Hoxhaj (born 1969)	9 September 2017	3 February 2020
							Fatmir Limaj (born 1971)	9 September 2017	3 February 2020
							Dardan Gashi (born 1969)	9 September 2017	3 February 2020
							Dalibor Jevtić (born 1978)	9 September 2017	3 February 2020
First Kurti cabinet
4		Avdullah Hoti (born 1976)	3 February 2020	25 March 2020			Haki Abazi (born 1974)	3 February 2020	3 June 2020
Hoti cabinet
5		Besnik Tahiri (born 1975)	3 June 2020	22 March 2021			Driton Selmanaj (born 1979)	3 June 2020	22 March 2021
							Albulena Balaj-Halimaj (born 1983)	3 June 2020	22 March 2021
							Goran Rakić (born 1971)	3 June 2020	22 March 2021
Second Kurti cabinet
6		Besnik Bislimi (born 1971)	22 March 2021	Incumbent			Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz (born 1971)	22 March 2021	Incumbent
							Emilija Redžepi (born 1973)	22 March 2021	Incumbent

See also

• President of Kosovo
• Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo
• President of the Executive Council of SAP Kosovo

External links

• Official website in Albanian, Serbian and English