Hashim Thaci
| Hashim Thaçi | |
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| 5th President of Kosovo | |
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Assumed office 7 April 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Isa Mustafa |
| Preceded by | Atifete Jahjaga |
| Prime Minister of Kosovo | |
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In office 9 January 2008 – 9 December 2014 |
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| President |
Fatmir Sejdiu Behgjet Pacolli Jakup Krasniqi (Acting) Atifete Jahjaga |
| Deputy |
Hajredin Kuçi Behgjet Pacolli |
| Preceded by | Agim Çeku |
| Succeeded by | Isa Mustafa |
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In office 2 April 1999 – 1 February 2000 |
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| President |
Ibrahim Rugova Nexhat Daci (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Bujar Bukoshi |
| Succeeded by | Nexhat Daci (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 April 1968 Skenderaj, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) |
| Political party |
Democratic Party (1999–2016) Independent (2016–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Lumnije Thaçi |
| Children | Endrit Thaçi |
| Alma mater |
University of Pristina University of Zürich () |
| Religion | Islam |
Hashim Thaçi ([hä'ʃɪm 'θɑ:t͡ʃɪ]; born 24 April 1968) is the President of Kosovo. He was the first Prime Minister of Kosovo and the Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in the new cabinet led by Isa Mustafa, which assumed office on 12 December 2014. Thaçi was also the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). He rose to prominence as the political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a paramilitary organisation which was active during the Kosovo War. In the meantime, he also served as head of a provisional government towards the end of and immediately after the war in 1999.
Hashim Thaçi was born in the village of Broćna, Srbica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Buroja, Skenderaj, Kosovo). Srbica is located in the Drenica valley, a historical region resistant of Serbian rule. Drenica would become the birthplace of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the early 1990s.
Thaçi studied philosophy and history at the University of Pristina. By 1993, he was living in Switzerland, where he joined the Albanian political émigré group. He registered for postgraduate studies at the University of Zürich in the departments of history and international relations and later dropped out.
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