Jakup Krasniqi

Jakup Krasniqi
Krasniqi in 2010
Acting President of Kosovo
In office 4 April 2011 – 7 April 2011
Prime Minister	Hashim Thaçi
Preceded by	Behgjet Pacolli
Succeeded by	Atifete Jahjaga
In office 27 September 2010 – 22 February 2011
Prime Minister	Hashim Thaçi
Preceded by	Fatmir Sejdiu
Succeeded by	Behgjet Pacolli
Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
In office 12 December 2007 – 17 July 2014
Preceded by	Kolë Berisha
Succeeded by	Kadri Veseli
Personal details
Born	(1951-01-01) 1 January 1951 Negroc, Drenas, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Glogovac, Kosovo)
Political party	Democratic Party (1999–2014) NISMA (2014–present)
Spouse	Sevdije Shala
Children	4
Education	University of Pristina
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Kosova
Branch/service	Kosovo Liberation Army
Unit	Military Spokesman

Jakup Krasniqi (born 1 January 1951) is a Kosovan politician who served as the acting President of Kosovo from 2010 to 2011, and as Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2007 to 2014.

Jakup Krasniqi was born in Negroc, Drenas, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on 1 January 1951. He attended a primary school in Negroc from 1957 to 1965, and a secondary school in Pristina from 1966 to 1971. He attended the Philological Faculty from 1972 to 1976, and conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Pristina from 1995 to 1997.^[1]

Krasniqi was a teach in Fatos and Arllat from 1972 to 1977, in Drenas from 1976 to 1977, in Arrlat and Skenderaj from 1979 to 1981, and in Drenas from 1995 to 1998. He was chair of the Education Council in Drenas from 1995 to 1998.^[1]

From 1998 to 1999, he was a spokesman at the headquarters of the Kosovo Liberation Army.^[1]

Krasniqi was arrested by the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo for crimes against humanity and sent to The Hague in 2020.^[2] Hashim Thaçi, Rexhep Selimi, Kadri Veseli, and Krasniqi were put on trial for torture and 102 murders conducted during the Kosovo War. All of the defendants pled not gulity.^[3][4]

Krasniqi was a member of the illegal political group Kosovo National Movement from 1973 to 1981. He was arrested for his political activities and imprisoned from 1981 to 1999. From 1992 to 1998, Krasniqi was a member of the Parliament of Kosova. He was general secretary of the Democratic Party of Kosovo from 1998 to 2003.^[1]

In the 2001 election Krasniqi won a seat in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. He was reelected in 2004 and 2007. Krasniqi was Ministry for Reconstruction and Development from 1999 to 2000. He was Minister of Public Services from 2002 to 2004.^[1]

Upon the resignation of Fatmir Sejdiu Krasniqi became acting president from 27 September 2010 to 22 February 2011. He served as acting president again from 1 April to 7 April 2011, after the resignation of President Behgjet Pacolli.^[5]

Krasniqi is the father of four children. He can speak English, Croatian, and Serbian.^[1]

• The Great Turn – Kosovo Liberation Army (2006)^[5]
• Kosovo in historical context (2007)^[5]
• A Different War for Kosovo (2007)^[5]
• Independence as a compromise (2010)^[5]
• The Movement for the Republic of Kosovo 1981-1991 (2011)^[5]
• Dare to Love Freedom (2011)^[5]
• Spring of Freedom '81 (2011)^[5]
• Sacrifice for Freedom (2011)^[5]
• Independence and Personalities: on the 100th Anniversary of Albania's Independence (2012)^[5]
• Skanderbeg and messages for the 21st century (2018)^[5]
• The Art of Negotiation (2018)^[5]
• Historical confrontations for liberation and national unification (2019)^[5]
• Serbian aggression and the Kosovo tax (2021)^[5]

• Jakup Krasniqi at the Assembly of Kosovo