# President of Kosovo

The president of Kosovo (Albanian: Presidenti i Kosovës; Serbian: Председник Косова, romanized: Predsednik Kosova), officially the president of the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës; Serbian: Председник Републике Косова, romanized: Predsednik Republike Kosova), is the head of state of the Kosovo. The president is elected indirectly, by the parliament, in a secret ballot by a two-thirds majority of deputies in functions. 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 parliament should take place no later than a month before the end of the incumbent president's term of office. The president serves for a five-year term, renewable once.

## History

The first post-war president, who served until his death in January 2006, was Ibrahim Rugova. His successor was Fatmir Sejdiu. When Sejdiu resigned from his post on 27 September 2010, Jakup Krasniqi served as acting president. On 22 February 2011, Behgjet Pacolli was elected as a president of Kosovo, which was quickly evaluated as an unconstitutional move. On 4 April 2011, Behgjet Pacolli stepped down and it was decided that another candidate would be elected to serve for up to a year. A constitutional reform will be undertaken to allow for a popular vote for the president in 2013. On 7 April 2011, Atifete Jahjaga, Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police, with the rank of major general, was elected as president.

## Officeholders

Political parties:  LDK  PDK  AKR  Independent  Guxo  Vetëvendosje
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Election |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Election |
| Republic of Kosova ||||||||
| 1 | | Ibrahim Rugova (1944–2006) | 25 January 1992 | 1 February 2000 | 8 years, 7 days | LDK | 1992 |
| UN-administered Kosovo ||||||||
| (1) | | Ibrahim Rugova (1944–2006) | 4 March 2002 | 21 January 2006 † | 3 years, 323 days | LDK | 2002 |
| — | | Nexhat Daci (born 1944) Acting | 21 January 2006 | 10 February 2006 | 20 days | LDK | — |
| 2 | | Fatmir Sejdiu (born 1951) | 10 February 2006 | 17 February 2008 | 2 years, 7 days | LDK | 2006 |
| Republic of Kosovo ||||||||
| (2) | | Fatmir Sejdiu (born 1951) | 17 February 2008 | 27 September 2010 | 2 years, 222 days | LDK | 2008 |
| — | | Jakup Krasniqi (born 1951) Acting | 27 September 2010 | 22 February 2011 | 148 days | PDK | — |
| 3 | | Behgjet Pacolli (born 1951) | 22 February 2011 | 4 April 2011 | 41 days | AKR | 2011 |
| — | | Jakup Krasniqi (born 1951) Acting | 4 April 2011 | 7 April 2011 | 3 days | PDK | — |
| 4 | | Atifete Jahjaga (born 1975) | 7 April 2011 | 7 April 2016 | 5 years | Independent | 2011 |
| 5 | | Hashim Thaçi (born 1968) | 7 April 2016 | 5 November 2020 | 4 years, 212 days | PDK | 2016 |
| — | | Vjosa Osmani (born 1982) Acting | 5 November 2020 | 22 March 2021 | 137 days | Guxo | — |
| — | | Glauk Konjufca (born 1981) Acting | 22 March 2021 | 4 April 2021 | 13 days | LVV | — |
| 6 | | Vjosa Osmani (born 1982) | 4 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 328 days | Guxo | 2021 |