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'Fatmir Sejdiu' (born October 23, 1951) is the 2nd and current President of Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration since the 1999 Kosovo War.
He was born in the small village of Pakaštica near Podujevo, in Kosovo, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
Sejdiu was an influential parliamentarian in the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the party of former Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova. He was elected President by the Kosovo Assembly after Rugova died from lung cancer in early 2006. Sejdiu has won praise from the international community for prioritizing implementation of the UN-endorsed "standards" of good governance and multi-ethnicity.
On July 24, 2006, Sejdiu attended in Vienna the first high-level meeting between the prime ministers and presidents of Kosovo and Serbia to discuss the future status of Kosovo.
Fatmir Sejdiu was one of the authors of the Constitutional Framework of Kosovo in 2001. He speaks Albanian, English, Serbian, and French.
He lives in Priština, the capital of the Kosovo, with his wife Nezafete and their three sons.

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★ Official website of the President of Kosovo

★ Fatmir Sejdiu's profile at Kosovo Assembly Website