Vjosa Osmani
b. 1982
President of Kosovo (2020–2021, 2021–2026)
- Born
- 17 May 1982 · Mitrovica
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 17 May 1982BornBorn in Mitrovica
- 2010 – 2021RoleMember of the Assembly of Kosovo
- 2020 – 2021RoleSpeaker of the Assembly of Kosovo
- 2020 – 2021RolePresident of Kosovo
- 2021RolePresident of Kosovo
- 2024AwardM100 Media Award
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1982 – today).
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovar jurist and politician who served as President of Kosovo from 2021 to 2026, having previously served as acting president 2020 to 2021. She also served as Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo from 2020 to 2021.
Born and raised in Titova Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo), Osmani studied law at the University of Pristina and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She worked as an advisor to the president of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu before she was elected to the Assembly.
Osmani held the position of Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo from February 2020 to March 2021. She became Kosovo's acting president in November 2020, following the resignation of President Hashim Thaçi. Upon her election as president to a full term in April 2021, Osmani became the second woman to hold the position, as well as the first person to have served as both acting president and president of Kosovo. Osmani successfully ran on an anti-corruption platform and has expressed a desire to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
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