Teuta Arifi
| Teuta Arifi | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Municipality of Tetovo | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tetovo, Macedonia |
| Political party | Democratic Union for Integration |
Teuta Arifi (Macedonian: Теута Арифи) is a Macedonian politician of Albanian origin. On April of 2013 Teuta Arifi was elected the Mayor of Municipality of Tetovo.[1] Previous to her run for local elections, Teuta Arifi served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in charge of European Affairs.[2] Arifi was the first Albanian woman to be elected in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia in 2002. She was subsequently re-elected as Member of Parliament in 2006, 2008, and 2011. She also holds the position of Vice-President of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), key political party of the Albanians in Macedonia.
Career
- 12 April 2013 Elected Mayor of Municipality of Tetovo
- 2011 - 2013 Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs
- 2008 - 2011 Member of Parliament, Chair of the Committee for Foreign Affairs
- 2006 - 2008 Member of Parliament, Chair of the Committee for Cultural Issues
- 2002 -2006 Member of Parliament; Chair of the Committee for Foreign Affairs; Member of the Delegation of the Macedonian Parliament to the Council of Europe; Head of the Macedonian Parliamentary delegation to NATO;
- 2002- Deputy-president of the Democratic Union for Integration
References
- ↑ "Mirësevini në Komunën e Tetovës - Kryetare e Tetovës - Teuta Arifi". Tetovo Municipality. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Skopje, stresses need to continue reform, address causes of inter-ethnic tensions". Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.