Arsim Rexhepi

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Arsim Rexhepi (born 20 May 1972) is a politician in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2007 to 2011, initially as a member of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) and later with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He is now a member of Vetëvendosje (VV).

Early life and career[edit]

Rexhepi was born to an Albanian family in Vushtrri, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] He studied at the Faculty of Albanian Architecture and Literature at the University of Pristina (presumably in this context meaning the 1990s parallel institution) and took doctoral studies at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Rexhepi has lectured in literature at the Bochum and Dortmund universities and has taught German, philosophy, and social studies at the Montessori Gesamtschule in Sendenhorst. He has published widely in his field.[2][3]

Politician[edit]

Rexhepi became a vice-president of the AKR in 2006[4] and appeared in the seventh position on the party's electoral list in the 2007 Kosovan parliamentary election. Parliamentary elections in Kosovo are held under open list proportional representation; he finished in seventh place among the party's candidates and was elected when the list won thirteen mandates.[5] The AKR served in opposition. In February 2008, the assembly membership and Kosovo's political leadership unilaterally declared independence as the Republic of Kosovo.

Rexhepi left the AKR later in 2008 and initially served as an independent.[6] The following year, he joined the LDK, which was then part of Kosovo's coalition government. Rexhepi chaired the assembly committee on education, science, technology, culture, youth, and sports, and was also the chair of Kosovo's friendship group with Germany.[7] A 2009 media report identified him as one of the most active members of the legislature.[8]

In late 2009, Rexhepi introduced a motion to investigate the finances of Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK). The motion was not approved by the assembly.[9] He was not a candidate in the 2010 assembly election.

Rexhepi joined Vetëvendosje in October 2018.[10] He was included on the party's list in the 2019 parliamentary election but received the fewest votes of any VV candidate and was not elected.[11] He was later the party's candidate for mayor of Vushtrri in the 2021 Serbian local elections and finished third.

Electoral record[edit]

Local (Vushtrri)[edit]

2021 Kosovan local elections: Mayor of Vushtrri
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Ferit IdriziDemocratic Party of Kosovo10,24734.8113,41453.19
Xhafer Tahiri (incumbent)Democratic League of Kosovo9,95633.8211,80646.81
Arsim RexhepiLevizja Vetëvendosje!7,66726.04
Mensut AdemiAlliance for the Future of Kosovo5651.92
Ergin SunguriTurkish Democratic Party of Kosovo4361.48
Albert MaxhuniSocial Democratic Initiative3221.09
Jeton SalihuIndependent candidate2450.83
Total29,438100.0025,220100.00
Source: [12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Arsim Rexhepi kandidat i LVV-së për kryetar të Vushtrrisë", Telegrafi, 14 August 2021, accessed 8 October 2023. See also Periudha e tretë Legjislative (13.12.2007 - 03.11.2010) – Arsim Rexhepi, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 15 January 2022, which indicates (perhaps erroneously) that he was born in Vushtrri.
  2. ^ "Der Luxus kleiner Lerngruppen", Westfälische Nachrichten, 6 February 2019, accessed 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ Arsim Rexhepi Archived 2022-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, Vetëvendosje, accessed 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ Periudha e tretë Legjislative (13.12.2007 - 03.11.2010) – Arsim Rexhepi, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVEND TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 12, accessed 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Kosovo's LDK, PDK deputies deny planning to join Haradinaj's party," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 15 April 2008 (Source: Text of report by Kosovo-Albanian privately-owned newspaper Express, on 10 April).
  7. ^ Periudha e tretë Legjislative (13.12.2007 - 03.11.2010) – Arsim Rexhepi, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 15 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Report accuses Kosovo parliament of irregularities, lack of debate," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 1 August 2009 (Source: Text of report in English by Pristina-based independent internet news agency KosovaLive).
  9. ^ "Kosovo assembly rejects request for creation of investigative commission on RTK," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 3 November 2009 (Source: Text of report in English by Pristina-based independent internet news agency KosovaLive).
  10. ^ "Vetëvendosjes i bashkohet edhe një anëtar i ri, Arsim Rexhepi", Balkani Info, 22 October 2018, accessed 15 January 2022.
  11. ^ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2019 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve (renditja si në fletëvotim)), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 27, accessed 2 February 2022. He was given the eighty-fifth position on the list.
  12. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2021 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i parë) – Rezultatet për Kryetar të Komunave, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 28, accessed 12 January 2022.
  13. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2021 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i dytë) – Rezultatet për Kryetar të Komunave, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 13, accessed 12 January 2022.
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