Albin Kurti

Albin Kurti
Kurti in 2023
Prime Minister of Kosovo
Incumbent
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 49) Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo)
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 the Prime Minister of Kosovo, having been elected in March 2021 for a second time. He first served in the role between February and 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 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.