Kosovo parliament elects Vjosa Osmani as new president Al Jazeera English © Osmani took over as acting president of Kosovo last November when her predecessor, Hashim Thaci, res. Osmani took over as acting president of Kosovo last November when her predecessor, Hashim Thaci, resigned ahead of his impending war crimes trial in the Netherlands [Armend Nimani/AFP]
Politicians in Kosovo elected and swore in a new president on Sunday for a five-year term, the Balkan nation’s seventh president, and second female leader, in the post-war period.
The 120-seat parliament, which convened in an extraordinary session for two days, gave 71 votes for Vjosa Osmani, a 38-year-old former parliamentary speaker, in the third round of voting, while 11 votes were invalid.
Kosovo gets new president, its second female leader
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