page_title: Hashim Thaçi
section_title: Relationships and Coalition with the Democratic League of Kosovo
hierarchical_section_title: Hashim Thaçi / Prime Minister of Kosovo / Relationships and Coalition with the Democratic League of Kosovo
context_page_description: Hashim Thaçi is a Kosovar politician who has been the President of Kosovo since April 2016. 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 is from the region of Drenica in Kosovo, which is where the KLA originated. He studied philosophy in Prishtina before moving to Switzerland, where he joined the Kosovo Liberation Army in 1993. He rose through the ranks of the KLA to become leader of the most powerful faction by 1999, during the Rambouillet negotiations. He then joined the interim Kosovo administration after the war.
  Thaçi became leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, which won the largest share of the vote in the 2007 Kosovo elections. In 2008, Thaçi declared the independence of Kosovo and became its first prime minister. In 2016 he was elected President of Kosovo. Thaçi has pursued a pro-American policy while in office. There have been controversies regarding Thaçi's role in the KLA and allegations about him being involved in organized crime.
caption: Thaçi and Albanian PM Sali Berisha at the opening of Kalimash tunnel
exif: {}