Vjosa Osmani
Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| President of Kosovo | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Albin Kurti |
| Preceded by | Glauk Konjufca (acting) |
| Acting 5 November 2020 – 22 March 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Avdullah Hoti |
| Preceded by | Hashim Thaçi |
| Succeeded by | Glauk Konjufca (acting) |
| Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo | |
| In office 3 February 2020 – 22 March 2021 | |
| President | Hashim Thaçi |
| Preceded by | Glauk Konjufca |
| Succeeded by | Glauk Konjufca |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1982 |
| Party | Independent (2021–present) |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Pristina (BA) University of Pittsburgh (LLM, SJD) |
| Profession | Politician and legal academic |
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Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician serving since April 2021 as President of Kosovo, having previously served as acting president from November 2020 to March 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 served as Kosovo's acting president following the resignation of President Hashim Thaçi. Upon her election as president, 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.