Kaqusha Jashari

Kaqusha Jashari (née Fejzullahu; 16 August 1946 – 6 May 2025) was a Kosovan politician and engineer. She was a member of the Assembly of Kosovo on the Democratic Party of Kosovo list from 2007 onwards.

Kaqusha Jashari
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
In office 13 November 2007 – 3 November 2010
Parliamentary group	Democratic Party
President of the League of Communists of Kosovo
In office 27 April 1988 – 17 November 1988 [citation needed]
Preceded by	Azem Vllasi
Succeeded by	Remzi Kolgeci
Chairwoman of the Executive Council of SAP Kosovo
In office 10 March 1987 – 9 May 1989 [citation needed]
President	Bajram Selani Remzi Kolgeci
Preceded by	Bahri Oruçi
Succeeded by	Nikolla Shkreli
Personal details
Born	Kaqusha Fejzullahu (1946-08-16)16 August 1946 Pristina, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (now kosovo)[a]
Died	6 May 2025(2025-05-06) (aged 78) Pristina, Kosovo
Nationality	Kosovar Yugoslav (formerly)
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1990–2025)
Other political affiliations	League of Communists (until 1989)
Handball career Senior clubs Years Team 1961–1967 Kosova Prishtinë 1967–1969 Partizan 1969–197? Kosova Prishtinë

From 1986 until November 1988, she and Azem Vllasi were the two leading Kosovo politicians. In November 1988, they were both dismissed in the "anti-bureaucratic revolution" because of their unwillingness to accept the constitutional amendments curbing Kosovo's autonomy, and were replaced by proxies of Slobodan Milošević, the leader of the League of Communists of Serbia at the time.

Early life

Jashari was born in Pristina on 16 August 1946.^[a][5] She received her primary and secondary education in Kamenica, Gjilan and Pristina, while she started the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade and completed it in Pristina.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Halil Fejzullahu,^[6][7] a World War II soldier from the village of Tugjec in Kamenica.^[4][8] The family had an apartment in Bulevar kralja Aleksandra, Belgrade, which Jashari lived in after her father's death, although Radmila Vuličević from Pristina claims to be the legal owner.^[6] She was the sister of former handball manager and player Petrit Fejzula.^[9]

Politics

In May 1988, Jashari replaced Azem Vllasi as the President of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo.^[10] It seems that Serbia "accepted" her as it was said at the time it that her mother was Montenegrin.^[11]

From 17 to 21 October, Albanians held protests throughout Kosovo against the changing of status of the SAP Kosovo.^[12] On 17 November 1988, Jashari and Vllasi were forced to resign and Rahman Morina was elected President of the Provincial Committee on 27 January 1989 by the Presidium of the Provincial Committee.^[13] This sparked new protests by Albanian youths and workers.^[12] They were both dismissed because of their unwillingness to accept the constitutional amendments curbing Kosovo's autonomy, and were replaced by proxies of Slobodan Milošević, the leader of the League of Communists of Serbia at the time.

On 20 October 1990, Marko Orlandić and Jashari guested the gathering of Serbs and Montenegrins in Kosovo Polje, which was not met with positive reactions.^[14]

She was the president of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSDK) from 1991 until 2008,^[15] when she was succeeded by the former prime minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerilla leader Agim Çeku.

Death

Jashari died on 6 May 2025, at the age of 78.^[2]