| Isa Mustafa | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Pristina | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Ismet Beqiri |
| Minister of Economy and Finances of the Republic of Kosova | |
| In office 1991–1999 |
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| President | Ibrahim Rugova |
| Prime Minister | Bujar Bukoshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 May 1951 Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Democratic League of Kosovo |
| Alma mater | University of Pristina |
| Religion | Sunni Islam [1] |
Isa Mustafa (born 15 May 1951) is an Albanian politician from Kosovo, the Mayor of Pristina and the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
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Mustafa was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) in an area known in Albanian as Prapashticë on 15 May 1951, to Albanian parents.[2] He finished Primary and High School in Pristina, while graduated at the University of Pristina in the Faculty of Economics, where he also mastered and became a PhD.[2] On 1974, he began his professional work, as an examiner at the University of Pristina.[2]
Isa Mustafa began his political career on the 1980s, when he became the head of the municipal government of Pristina, from 1984 to 1988.[2]
In the 1990s, as Yugoslavia started to break up, Mustafa became the Minister of Economy and Finances of the government of the Republic of Kosova, in exile, headed by Bujar Bukoshi.[2] During this time, he was issued an arrest warrant by the national authorities, and in various European countries as a political refugee, mainly in Germany, Switzerland, Albania, Slovenia, and Croatia, until 1999.[2]
After the Kosovo War ended on 1999, he returned home, but returned to politics only in 2006 as a High Political Advisor of the then President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu.
In December 2007, he became the Mayor of Pristina in local elections, beating the vice president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and one of the ex-commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK), Fatmir Limaj.[3] He became Mayor of Pristina for the second time, in November 2009.[3]
On 7 November 2010, he became the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, beating Fatmir Sejdiu in the interior party elections, 235-124 in votes.[4]
Isa Mustafa is married and has three children, two sons and a daughter.[2]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Post created |
Minister of Economy and Finances of the Republic of Kosova 1991-1999 |
Succeeded by Post dissolved |
| Preceded by Ismet Beqiri |
Mayor of Pristina 2007-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Fatmir Sejdiu |
Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo 2010–present |
Incumbent |