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Jakup KrasnichiActing President of Kosovo following the resignation of Fatmir Sejdiu on 27 September 2010.
Date of Birth: 01.01.1951
Country:  Serbia |
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Acting President of Kosovo and a Scholar
Yaqup Krasniqi served as Acting President of Kosovo after Fatmir Sejdiu's resignation on September 27, 2010.
Early Life and Education
Krasniqi was born in Negrevcë, Glogovac, Kosovo, to an Albanian family. He completed elementary school in Negrevcë and Orlate and secondary school in Priština. Krasniqi then went on to study history at the University of Priština from 1972 to 1976.
He began his teaching career as a history teacher in Negrevcë in 1976. He subsequently taught in Glogovac and Skenderaj. From 1995 to 1997, Krasniqi pursued postgraduate studies at the Faculty of History at the University of Priština. In 2003, he successfully defended his dissertation titled "Political Movements and Resistance Army in Kosovo 1991-1999." Five years later, he obtained his doctorate with a thesis on the political role of the Albanian press in Kosovo from 1981 to 1991.
