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Friday, February 26, 2016

Hashim Thaci elected Kosovo's new president amid tear gas Friday February 26,2016

About the President of Kosovo

The President of the Republic of Kosovo is the Head of State of the Republic of Kosovo

The Kosovo President is elected indirectly, by the Assembly of Kosovo, in a secret ballot by a two thirds majority of all deputies of the Assembly.

If no candidate achieves a two thirds majority, at the third ballot the candidate who receives a simple majority is elected

The vote in the Assembly should take place no later than a month before the end of the incumbent President’s term of office

Hashim Thaci elected Kosovo's new president amid tear gas

Kosovo's MPs have elected Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci(47) as president, at the end of a day marred by protests.
He won the required simple majority in the third round, after the inconclusive first two stages of voting in Pristina.

Hashim Thaci won support from 71 deputies in the 120-seat parliament in the third and final round of voting, which took place after opposition MPs released tear gas in the legislature in an attempt to scupper his election.

Some opposition lawmakers were earlier banned from voting after they released tear gas in the parliament building.

Hashim Thaci was a guerrilla leader during a conflict that led to Kosovo - a mainly ethnic Albanian province - declaring independence from Serbia.

"I pledge to build a new Kosovo, a European Kosovo and to deepen our relationship with the US," he said after Friday Feb 26,2016 's vote

Hashim Thaci - who had also served as prime minister - fell out with many opposition groups after helping to negotiate with Serbia a deal that gave more autonomy to Kosovo's minority Serbs.

Hashim Thaci succeeds Atifete Jahjaga as head of state.

About Kosovo
 
  • Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and it has been recognised by the US and many EU countries 
  • Serbia - and many other countries around the world - does not recognise Kosovo's self-declared independence in 2008
  • Kosovo and Serbia reached a landmark agreement to normalise their relations in April 2013
  • The EU subsequently gave the green light for talks on an association agreement with Kosovo to begin
  • Nato peacekeepers have been in Kosovo since 1999

 

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