Avdullah Hoti

Avdullah Hoti
Avdullah Hoti
	Minister of Finance
	In office; 8 December 2014 – 2 August 2017
Prime Minister	Isa Mustafa
Preceded by	Bedri Hamza
Succeeded by	Agim Krasniqi
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2014
Personal details
Born	4 February 1976 (age 48); University of Pristina; Staffordshire University
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Avdullah Hoti (born 4 February 1976) is a Kosovan politician, who served as the

minister of Finance of Kosovo between 2014 and 2017 in the PDK/LDK

coalition government.

In September 2020, Hoti signed the

Mini Schengen Zone, as well as on mutual recognition between Kosovo and Israel and the establishment of diplomatic relations. He has an active role in the European Union-mediated negotiations

between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo.

Political career

He joined the political party

First Deputy Prime Minister.^[1] He was nominated by the LDK to be his party's nominee for PM after the Kurti government failed a confidence vote, but his eligibility to be PM was questioned by Albin Kurti and his party on the grounds that one cannot form a government without first having the party that won the election enter government, and they demanded new elections. However, on 28 May 2020, the Constitution Court of Kosovo gave the right to the second party and Avdullah Hoti to form a government without elections. After the party that won the elections failed again to form a new government, the Court argued that Avdullah Hoti was eligible to proceed to be voted on by the Parliament as the new PM of the Republic of Kosovo. On 3 June 2020, Hoti was elected Prime Minister with 61 votes in favor, 24 against and one abstention.^[2]

2020 Kosovo–Serbia economic agreement in the White House

, 2020.

On 2 August 2020, Hoti announced on his Facebook page that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 suffering mild symptoms, and that he would work from home in the coming two weeks.^[3]

On September 4, 2020, Hoti and

Mini Schengen Zone, but the agreement also included mutual recognition between Israel and Kosovo.^[5]^[6]

On 21 December 2020, the constitutional court of Kosovo ruled that the vote of lawmaker Etem Arifi, of the minority Ashkali Party for Integration, for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti was invalid and consequently "the Government did not have the majority of the votes of the lawmakers.” Arifi's vote gave the government 61 votes in the 120-seat chamber, and without it the vote would have failed. As a result, Kosovo went to snap elections and the Hoti government continued as a caretaker one until the elections were held.

Countries visited

List of official visits abroad made by Avdullah Hoti as Prime Minister:

#	Country	Year	Cities visited	Type of visit
1	European Union	25 June 2020	Brussels	Official visit
2	Albania	3 July 2020	Tirana	Official visit
3	France	7 July 2020	Paris	Official visit
4	United States	1–5 September 2020	Washington, D.C.	2020 Kosovo–Serbia agreement
5	European Union	6–8 September 2020	Brussels	Belgrade–Pristina negotiations
6	Albania	2 October 2020	Tirana	Meeting
7	North Macedonia	23 October 2020	Skopje	Official visit
8	Italy	3 November 2020	Rome	Official visit
9	Vatican City	5 November 2020	Vatican City	Official visit

References

^ "Ministria e Financave". mf.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ "Avdullah Hoti Kryeministër i ri, 61 deputetë japin votën pro". Gazeta Express (in Albanian). 28 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ Anderson, Emma (2 August 2020). "Kosovo PM tests positive for COVID-19". Politico. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ Riechmann, Deb (4 September 2020). "Serbia, Kosovo normalize economic ties, gesture to Israel". Associated Press. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ "Documents signed at the White House cover wider scope than expected". European Western Balkans. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ Gearan, Anne (4 September 2020). "Serbia and Kosovo sign breakthrough economic accord that is short of normal relations". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

External links

Media related to Avdullah Hoti at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Albin Kurti	Prime Minister of Kosovo 2020–2021	Succeeded by Albin Kurti
Preceded by Behgjet Pacolli	First Deputy Prime Minister 2020	Succeeded by Besnik Tahiri
Preceded by Bedri Hamza	Minister of Finance of Kosovo 2014–2017	Succeeded by Agim Krasniqi

[1] "Ministria e Financave". mf.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[2] "Avdullah Hoti Kryeministër i ri, 61 deputetë japin votën pro". Gazeta Express (in Albanian). 28 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[3] Anderson, Emma (2 August 2020). "Kosovo PM tests positive for COVID-19". Politico. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[4] Riechmann, Deb (4 September 2020). "Serbia, Kosovo normalize economic ties, gesture to Israel". Associated Press. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[5] "Documents signed at the White House cover wider scope than expected". European Western Balkans. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[6] Gearan, Anne (4 September 2020). "Serbia and Kosovo sign breakthrough economic accord that is short of normal relations". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

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v t e Prime ministers of Kosovo
Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (Federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia) (1944–1992)	Fadil Hoxha Ali Shukriu Ilija Vakić Bogoljub Nedeljković Bahri Oruçi Riza Sapunxhiu Imer Pula Ljubomir Neđo Borković Namzi Mustafa Kaqusha Jashari Nikolla Shkreli Daut Jashanica Jusuf Zejnullahu
Republic of Kosova (Recognized only by Albania) (1992–2000)	Jusuf Zejnullahu Bujar Bukoshi Hashim Thaçi (interim)
UN-administered Kosovo (2000–2008)	Bajram Rexhepi Ramush Haradinaj Adem Salihaj (acting) Bajram Kosumi Agim Çeku Hashim Thaçi
Republic of Kosovo (Recognized by 114 UN member states ) (2008–present)	Hashim Thaçi Isa Mustafa Ramush Haradinaj Albin Kurti Avdullah Hoti Albin Kurti