Jakup Krasniqi
Jakup Krasniqi is a Kosovan politician who served as Acting President of Kosovo from 2010 to 2011, and as Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2007 to 2014.
Early life and education
Jakup Krasniqi was born in Negroc, Drenas, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on 1 January 1951. He attended a primary school in Negroc from 1957 to 1965, and a secondary school in Pristina from 1966 to 1971. He attended the Philological Faculty from 1972 to 1976, and conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Pristina from 1995 to 1997.Career
Education
Krasniqi was a teach in Fatos and Arllat from 1972 to 1977, in Drenas from 1976 to 1977, in Arrlat and Skenderaj from 1979 to 1981, and in Drenas from 1995 to 1998. He was chair of the Education Council in Drenas from 1995 to 1998.Military
From 1998 to 1999, he was a spokesman at the headquarters of the Kosovo Liberation Army.Krasniqi was arrested by the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo for crimes against humanity and sent to The Hague in 2020. Hashim Thaçi, Rexhep Selimi, Kadri Veseli, and Krasniqi were put on trial for torture and 102 murders conducted during the Kosovo War. All of the defendants pleaded not guilty.
Politics
Krasniqi was a member of the illegal political group Kosovo National Movement from 1973 to 1981. He was arrested for his political activities and imprisoned from 1981 to 1999. From 1992 to 1998, Krasniqi was a member of the Parliament of Kosova. He was general secretary of the Democratic Party of Kosovo from 1998 to 2003.In the 2001 election Krasniqi won a seat in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. He was reelected in 2004 and 2007. Krasniqi was Minister for Reconstruction and Development from 1999 to 2000. He was Minister of Public Services from 2002 to 2004.
Upon the resignation of Fatmir Sejdiu Krasniqi became acting president from 27 September 2010 to 22 February 2011. He served as acting president again from 1 April to 7 April 2011, after the resignation of President Behgjet Pacolli.
Personal life
Krasniqi is the father of four children. He can speak English, Croatian, and Serbian.Books
The Great Turn – Kosovo Liberation Army Kosovo in historical context A Different War for Kosovo Independence as a compromise The Movement for the Republic of Kosovo 1981-1991 Dare to Love Freedom Spring of Freedom '81 Sacrifice for Freedom Independence and Personalities: on the 100th Anniversary of Albania's Independence Skanderbeg and messages for the 21st century The Art of Negotiation Historical confrontations for liberation and national unification- ''Serbian aggression and the Kosovo tax''