Emilija Redžepi

Emilija Redžepi (Albanian: Emilija Rexhepi; born 15 July 1973)^[1] is a Kosovan Bosniak politician who is a member of the New Democratic Party, and serves as the Third Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo.

Emilija Redžepi
Third Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo for Minority Issues and Human Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 March 2021[a]
President	Glauk Konjufca (Acting) Vjosa Osmani
Prime Minister	Albin Kurti
Preceded by	Albulena Balaj-Halimaj
Minister of Administration and Local Government
In office 3 February 2020 – 3 June 2020
President	Hashim Thaçi
Prime Minister	Albin Kurti
Preceded by	Adrijana Hodžić
Succeeded by	Goran Rakić
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
In office 2014–2020
President	Atifete Jahjaga Hashim Thaçi
Prime Minister	Isa Mustafa Ramush Haradinaj
Personal details
Born	(1973-07-15) 15 July 1973 (age 52)[1] Prizren, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia[1]
Nationality	Kosovan and Bosniak
Political party	New Democratic Party
Children	1
Occupation	Politician

Career

Emilija Redžepi is a Bosniak from Kosovo.^[2] She has been critical of the lack of support for Bosniak affairs within Kosovo, speaking at a conference on the Day of Bosniak Community she supported teaching in Bosnian and upholding traditions.^[3] As well as being a Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo,^[3] where she is a member of the New Democratic Party,^[4] she has spoken of external affairs, encouraging Bosnia and Herzegovina to abandon the requirements for Kosovans to have travel visas to cross the border.^[2]

Her daughter was briefly kidnapped in 2015, which Redžepi perceived as a threat to be "careful what she is doing".^[5] In 2017, she announced her candidacy for Mayor of Prizren,^[6] which has a notable Bosniak population.^[3] This was after receiving the support of her party.^[6] She ended up receiving less than 5% of the vote.^[7] Later that year, she supported a vote of no confidence in the government coalition.^[8]