Atifete Jahjaga
| Atifete Jahjaga | |
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| 4th President of Kosovo | |
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In office 7 April 2011 – 7 April 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
Hashim Thaçi Isa Mustafa |
| Preceded by | Jakup Krasniqi (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hashim Thaçi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 April 1975 Gjakova, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Astrit Kuçi |
| Alma mater |
University of Pristina University of Leicester |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Atifete Jahjaga (Albanian pronunciation: [ätɪˈfeːtɛ jähˈjɑːɡä]; born 20 April 1975) is a Kosovar politician who served as the fourth President of Kosovo. She was the first female President of the Republic of Kosovo, the first non-partisan candidate, and the youngest female head of state to be elected to the top office. She served as Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police, holding the rank of Major General, the most senior among women officers in Southeastern Europe.
Jahjaga, a Kosovo Albanian, was born in Đakovica (now referred to as Gjakova), then a part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Her paternal descent is from Berisha in northern Albania. She attended elementary and secondary school in Gjakova, and graduated from the University of Prishtina at the Faculty of Law in 2000. In 2006/07, she completed a graduate certificate program in police management and criminal law at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. She has also received extensive professional training at the George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies in Germany and the FBI National Academy in the United States.
After the Kosovo War, Jahjaga completed Kosovo's Police Academy to become an officer and was gradually promoted to higher ranks, initially a major, then colonel, and finally major general, giving her contribution in building Kosovo's most trusted law enforcement institution.
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