Sections U. Science Technology Business U. Kosovo gets new president, its second female leader. April 5, GMT. She remained an immensely popular figure, securing over , votes as a Vetevendosje candidate at the February election. Unlike Prime Minister Kurti, Osmani said it was a priority for her to resume the stalled normalization talks with Serbia. Officially, Belgrade still views Kosovo as a Serbian province and rejects its declaration of independence. On Sunday, Osmani once again called for dialogue, but also called on Belgrade to apologize for the s conflict and persecute war criminals.
She is Kosovo's second female leader following Atifete Jahjaga, who served as president between and The position became vacant in November after Hashim Thaci resigned over war crimes charges.
Osmani, who previously served as the speaker for Kosovo's seat parliament, took over the presidential role provisionally ahead of the Sunday vote.
Thaci, like most Kosovar politicians, built his reputation on his wartime record, fighting as a guerrilla commander against Serbian armed forces. The war culminated with the NATO bombing campaign against Serbia, which forced Belgrade to pull back its police and military from Kosovo. With the backing of the US and other Western countries, Kosovo declared independence, but Russia, China, and several other EU countries do not recognize it as an independent state.
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