Albin Kurti | |
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![]() Kurti in 2023 | |
Prime Minister of Kosovo | |
Assumed office 22 March 2021 | |
President | Glauk Konjufca (acting) Vjosa Osmani |
Deputy | Besnik Bislimi Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz Emilija Redžepi |
Preceded by | Avdullah Hoti |
In office 3 February 2020 – 3 June 2020 | |
President | Hashim Thaçi |
Deputy | Avdullah Hoti Haki Abazi |
Preceded by | Ramush Haradinaj |
Succeeded by | Avdullah Hoti |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 3 June 2020 – 22 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Kadri Veseli |
Succeeded by | Enver Hoxhaj |
In office 9 December 2014 – 3 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Isa Mustafa |
Succeeded by | Kadri Veseli |
Leader of Vetëvendosje | |
Assumed office 21 January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Visar Ymeri |
In office 12 June 2005 – 28 February 2015 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Visar Ymeri |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo | |
In office 2010 – 3 February 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) | 24 March 1975
Nationality | Kosovar Albanian |
Political party | Vetëvendosje |
Spouse | Rita Augestad Knudsen |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Pristina |
Signature | ![]() |
Military service | |
Political representative | Kosovo Liberation Army |
Albin Kurti (Albanian pronunciation: ['albin 'kuɾti]; born 24 March 1975) is a Kosovar Albanian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Kosovo since 2021, having previously held the office from February to June 2020.
He came to prominence in 1997 as the vice-president of the University of Pristina student union, and a main organizer of non-violent student demonstrations of 1997 and 1998. Kurti then worked in Adem Demaçi's office when the latter became the political representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Kurti has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo since 2010 in three consecutive legislatures.