Bislim Hoti

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Bislim Hoti (born 27 May 1959), whose first name is sometimes spelled Beslim, is a politician in Kosovo from the Balkan Egyptian community. He was the first leader of New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo (IRDK) and served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2001 to 2007.

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Early life and career

Hoti was born in the village of Rogovë in the Gjakova municipality, in what was then the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija in the People's Republic of Serbia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He attended a higher professional school of construction and worked in construction design. [1]

Politician

Early years

Hoti ran as an independent candidate in Gjakova for the 2000 Kosovan local elections. He was not elected. [2]

The New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo was founded in March 2001; Hoti was among its founding members and was chosen as its first leader. [3] [4] Later in 2001, he represented Kosovo's Egyptian community in a delegation to Germany to study that country's municipal administration. [5]

Parliamentarian

Hoti appeared in the lead position on the IRDK's electoral list in the 2001 Kosovan parliamentary election, which was held under closed list proportional representation, and was elected when the list won two seats. [6] He served in the parliamentary group of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), was second vice-president of the assembly committee on emergency preparedness, and was a member of the committee on the rights and interests of communities and the committee on petitions and public requests. [7] [8]

He led the IRDK's list in the 2004 parliamentary election and was re-elected when the list again won two seats. [9] He again served in the AAK's parliamentary group, was vice-president of the committee on the rules of procedure of the assembly, and was a member of the committee on the rights and interests of communities and for return. [10] [11] In January 2007, he was elected as a member of the assembly presidency. [12]

The AAK participated in Kosovo's coalition governments between 2001 and 2007, and Hoti was a supporter of the administration in both his assembly terms. In 2005, he called for parties representing Kosovo's minority communities be included in negotiations on the status of Kosovo. [13] [14]

Xhevdet Neziraj succeeded Hoti as leader of the New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo in 2007. [15] Kosovo adopted a system of open list proportional representation prior to the 2007 parliamentary election; Hoti appeared second on the party's list, received the second most votes of its candidates, and was not re-elected when the party fell to only one seat in the assembly. [16]

Since 2007

Hoti received the first position on the IRDK's list for Gjakova in the 2009 Kosovan local elections and was elected when the list won a single seat in the assembly. [17] [18] After the election, he served as deputy chair of the assembly for communities. [19] [20]

In late 2010, Hoti left the IRDK to establish the League of Egyptians of Kosovo (LEK). [21] He appeared in the lead position on the party's electoral list in the 2010 Kosovan parliamentary election; the list did not cross the electoral threshold for assembly representation. [22]

Hoti rejoined the IRDK on 20 July 2013 and once again appeared in the lead position on the party's list for Gjakova in the 2013 local elections. [23] [24] The list did not, on this occasion, win any seats in the assembly. [25] He appeared second on the IRDK list in the 2014 parliamentary election, finished third among the party's candidates, and was not elected when the list won a single seat. [26]

A candidate named Beslim Hoti appeared in the fourteenth position on the list of New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) for Gjakova in the 2017 Kosovan local elections. [27] Online sources do not specify if this was the same person. The candidate finished in seventh place and was not elected when the list won one seat. [28]

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  1. ↑ Periudha e dytë Legjislative (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007) – Bislim Hoti, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2000 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 22 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Agata Domachowska, "The Political System of Kosovo," in Political Systems of the Former Yugoslavia, (Berlin: Peter Lang), 2017, p. 171.
  4. ↑ Rubin Zemon, "History of the Balkan Egyptians", Interculturalism and the Bologna Process, p. 8.
  5. ↑ Ulrike Schnellbach, "Schwierige Annäherung," taz - die tageszeitung, 21 July 2001. This article identifies Hoti as an assembly member in Gjakova. This may have simply been an error, though it is possible that he was appointed to the assembly by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
  6. ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVEND TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2001 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Kandidatët e zgjedhur sipas Subjekteve Politike), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 12 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Periudha e parë Legjislative (17.11.2001 - 23.11.2004) – Bislim Hoti, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 March 2024.
  8. ↑ Periudha e parë Legjislative (17.11.2001 - 23.11.2004) – Komisionet, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 March 2024.
  9. ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDIN E KOSOVËS 2004 – Fletëvotimi për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004 (Lista e Kandidatëve për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Periudha e dytë Legjislative (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007) – Bislim Hoti, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 March 2024.
  11. ↑ Periudha e dytë Legjislative (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007) – Komisionet, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 March 2024.
  12. ↑ On the Monitoring of the Assembly of Kosovo: 1 January 2007 – 28 February 2007, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2007, pp. 9-10.
  13. ↑ "Minor [sic] Kosovo parties ask to be included in status negotiation process," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 15 November 2005 (Source: Koha Ditore, Pristina, in Albanian 12 Nov 5 p 7).
  14. ↑ "Kosovo's minor [sic] parties form political council for status process," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 21 November 2005.
  15. ↑ Rubin Zemon, "History of the Balkan Egyptians", Interculturalism and the Bologna Process, p. 8.
  16. ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVEND TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 2, accessed 15 January 2022.
  17. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2009 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 3.
  18. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2009 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 15.
  19. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2009 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 18.
  20. ↑ [Municipal Profiles: Gjakovë Đakovica], Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, p. 1.
  21. ↑ Abetarja e Pushtetit, Iniciativa Kosovare për Stabilitet, December 2013, p. 83.
  22. ↑ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2010 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 42, accessed 2 February 2022.
  23. ↑ IRDK Info, New Democratic Initiative for Kosovo, September 2013, p. 4.
  24. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2013 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat – Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve sipas komunave, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 18.
  25. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2013 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat – Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas vendvotimeve, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 3.
  26. ↑ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2014 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 25, accessed 14 January 2022.
  27. ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2017 – Rezultatet e kandidatëve sipas subjekteve të renditur sipas numrit të votave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 12, accessed 20 January 2022.
  28. ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2017 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 10, accessed 20 January 2022.
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