Biographical Notes

Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu

Date of birth:          23 October 1951

Place of birth:         Pakashtice, Podujevë

On 10 February 2006, Fatmir Sejdiu was elected President of Kosovo with two-thirds of the votes of MPs of the Assembly of Kosovo.

Fatmir Sejdiu was born on 23 October 1951 in Pakashtica, Municipality of Podujeva in Kosova. He got his elementary and secondary education in Podujeva. In 1974 he graduated Law at the University of Prishtina. Mr. Sejdiu completed his post-graduate studies and earned a PhD from the same University. As a scholar, Dr. Sejdiu spent time at both the University of Paris 2 and Arizona State University and had brief placements at other Universities for further, specialized training.

Fatmir Sejdiu has authored many scholarly articles on the juridical-historical and juridical-constitutional fields. He published a number of books on these areas.

Dr. Sejdiu is a Professor at the Faculty of Law and the School of Political Science of the University of Prishtina. On 28 June 2006 he received the price “Doctor Honoris Causa” from the University of Tirana in Albania.

One of the founding members of the Democratic League of Kosova (LDK) which was established in late 1989, Fatmir sejdiu was elected a member of the Presidency of the Party in 1992, whereas on 1994 he was elected Secretary General of LDK.
 
In 1992 and 1998 elections, he was elected member of the Parliament of the Republic of Kosova holding the positions of the General Secretary of the Parliament and Chairman of the Constitutional Issues Committee.

In the first post-war elections in 2001 and 2004, Mr. Sejdiu was elected member of the Kosova Assembly and a member of the Presidency of the Assembly. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Judicial, Legislative and Constitutional Matters and the Committee for International Cooperation and EU Integration.

He speaks French and English.

Mr. Sejdiu is married with three children. He lives in Prishtina