Shpend Ahmeti

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shpend A. Ahmeti
Shpend A. Ahmeti
Mayor of Pristina
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2014
Preceded by Isa Mustafa
Personal details
Born (1978-04-18)April 18, 1978[1]
Pristina, Republic of Kosovo
Nationality Albanian[citation needed]
Political party Vetëvendosje!
Spouse(s) Ardiana Gjinolli - Ahmeti
Occupation economics professor, former executive director of policy analysis group Gap (Instituti per Studime te Avancuara GAP)[2]

Shpend A. Ahmeti was the leader of the New Spirit Party, actual vice-chairman of Vetëvendosje! and an important figure in the politics of Kosovo. He is currently the Mayor-elect of Pristina. Ahmeti ended 15 years of LDK tenure in the capital of Kosovo. On the first round of elections on 3d november 2013, Ahmeti was some 8000 votes behind Isa Mustafa, but in the second round on 1st december 2013 he won some 2500 votes more than Isa Mustafa who claimed that he will win Pristina with his hand on his pockets.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Education

  • Studied applied economics and business administration at the American University in Bulgaria.
  • Studied public administration at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government 2002 — 2004[citation needed]

Employment

Worked for World Bank on Kosovo’s Public Expenditure Review, and for European Bank of Reconstruction and Development ...[18]

References

  1. "The Leading Parti Afer Site on the Net". partiafer.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  2. "Brief Q&A with Shpend Ahmeti « Students of the World – University of Texas – 2010". Sowut2010.wordpress.com. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  3. "LDK humb Prishtinën, fiton tri qytete tjera të mëdha" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013. 
  4. By Neil MacDonald in Belgrade (2010-12-10). "Kosovo poll sees rise of new parties". FT.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  5. Amra Zejneli. "Sve spremno za izbore na Kosovu". Slobodnaevropa.org. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  6. "Politik". Oe1.orf.at. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  7. ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. "Wahlen: Kosovo hofft auf eine bessere Regierung | Politik | ZEIT ONLINE". Zeit.de. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  8. "Korruption, Kriminalität und EU - Kosovo - derStandard.at " International". Derstandard.at. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  9. "Tension grows in Kosovo over silence on election results (2nd Roundup)". Monsters and Critics. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  10. "Kosovo : un vent nouveau souffle sur la scène politique - Le Courrier des Balkans". Balkans.courriers.info. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  11. "Velike albanske rakete". Delo.si. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  12. Esterino Albanese. "La prima volta di Pristina - Europa". Europa. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  13. "Kosovo: Ključni volilna udeležba in mestna središča". Delo.si. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  14. "Nobenemu albanskemu politiku ni uspelo ozemeljsko zaokrožiti države". Delo.si. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  15. "Dnevni list Danas | Vikend | Novi akteri na zatvorenoj političkoj sceni". Danas.rs. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  16. "Na Kosovu v nedeljo prve parlamentarne volitve od neodvisnosti - Planet". Siol.net. 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  17. "Videos und Punkrock für einen neuen Kosovo «". Diepresse.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  18. Lawrence Marzouk. "Shpend Ahmeti, Leader of Fryma e Re". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.