Albin Kurti

Albin Kurti
Kurti in 2023
Prime Minister of Kosovo
Caretaker from 23 March 2025
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
Incumbent
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	(1975-03-24) 24 March 1975 (age 50) Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Kosovar Albanian
Political party	Vetëvendosje
Spouse	Rita Augestad Knudsen
Children	1
Education	University of Pristina
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Kosova
Political representative	Kosovo Liberation Army
Service years	1998–1999

Albin Kurti (Albanian: ['albin 'kuɾti]; born 24 March 1975) is a Kosovo 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.