Jakup Krasniqi | |
Office: | President of Kosovo |
Order: | Acting |
Primeminister: | Hashim Thaçi |
Term Start: | 4 April 2011 |
Term End: | 7 April 2011 |
Predecessor: | Behgjet Pacolli |
Successor: | Atifete Jahjaga |
Primeminister2: | Hashim Thaçi |
Term Start2: | 27 September 2010 |
Term End2: | 22 February 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Fatmir Sejdiu |
Successor2: | Behgjet Pacolli |
Office3: | Chairman of the Assembly |
Term Start3: | 12 December 2007 |
Term End3: | 17 July 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Kolë Berisha |
Successor3: | Kadri Veseli |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1951 |
Birth Place: | Negroc, Glogovac, FPR Yugoslavia |
Party: | Democratic Party (1999–2014) NISMA (2014–present) |
Alma Mater: | University of Prishtina |
Signature: | Jakup Krasniqi (nënshkrim).svg |
Spouse: | Sevdije (nee Shala) Krasniqi |
Allegiance: | Kosovo Liberation Army |
Branch: | Military Spokesman |
Jakup Krasniqi (born 1 January 1951) is a Kosovo-Albanian politician and former acting President of Kosovo. He is former Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo. In 2020, he was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Kosovo War.
Jakup Krasniqi was born near Glogovac, Kosovo, at the time in Yugoslavia, to Albanian parents of the Krasniqi tribe.[1] He finished elementary school in his birthplace, Negroc, in 1965 while he finished high school in Prishtina in 1971.[1] He attended the Faculty of Philology of the University of Prishtina and graduated in 1976.[1]
During the Kosovo War, he was the spokesman for the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK).[1]
As of 28 September 2010, Jakup Krasniqi served as the acting President of Kosovo, following the resignation of Fatmir Sejdiu during a constitutional crisis.[2] As of 31 March 2011, Jakup Krasniqi was the acting President of Kosovo, following the resignation of Behgjet Pacolli.[3] He did not effectively assume office until April 2, 2011; a ceremony is yet to take place on Monday, April 4. On April 7 Atifete Jahjaga was elected as President of Kosovo thus ending Jakup Krasniqi's serving as the acting President of Kosovo.
In November 2020 he was arrested for charges of crimes against humanity and war crime filed before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.[4] [5] [6] The four defendants (Krasniqi, Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veseli, and Rexhep Selimi) were accused of pursuing a policy of torture and murder against civilians suspected of opposing the UÇK during and after the Kosovo War. All four men have pleaded not guilty and the trial opened on April 4, 2023.[7]
Krasniqi is married to Sevdije (Shala) Krasniqi and has four children; three daughters and one son.[1]
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