Vlora Çitaku | |
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Minister for European Intergration | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 22 February 2011 |
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President | Behgjet Pacolli Atifete Jahjaga |
Prime Minister | Hashim Thaçi |
Preceded by | Position estabilished |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 18 October 2010 – 22 February 2011 |
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President | Jakup Krasniqi |
Prime Minister | Hashim Thaçi |
Preceded by | Skënder Hyseni |
Succeeded by | Enver Hoxhaj |
Personal details | |
Born | Kosovo, Yugoslavia |
Political party | Democratic Party of Kosovo |
Vlora Çitaku is a Kosovar politician, who is currently the Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Kosovo and a member of the Kosovo Assembly .
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Vlora Çitaku is a member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Çitaku was previously the Deputy Foreign Minister however she was made Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 October 2010, taking over from Skënder Hyseni.[1] On 22 February 2011, Enver Hoxhaj was made the new Foreign Minister and Çitaku was made Minister for European Integration.[2]
Vlora Çitaku was a refugee during the Kosovo War and has been involved with politics since 1999. She states that she has overcome the stereotypes in politics that one must be old and a man.[3]