Glauk Konjufca
{{Short description|Kosovan politician}}{{BLP sources|date=February 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Glauk Konjufca
| image = Glauk Konjufca (cropped) 2.jpg
| caption = Konjufca in 2021
| office = 5th Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo
| term_start = 22 March 2021
| term_end = 15 April 2025
| predecessor = Vjosa Osmani
| successor = Avni Dehari {{Small|(Acting)}}
| term_start1 = 26 December 2019
| term_end1 = 3 February 2020
| predecessor1 = Kadri Veseli
| successor1 = Vjosa Osmani
| office2 = President of Kosovo
| order2 = Acting
| term_start2 = 22 March 2021
| term_end2 = 4 April 2021
| primeminister2 = Albin Kurti
| predecessor2 = Vjosa Osmani {{Small|(Acting)}}
| successor2 = Vjosa Osmani
| office3 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| term_start3 = 3 February 2020
| term_end3 = 3 June 2020
| primeminister3 = Albin Kurti
| predecessor3 = Behgjet Pacolli
| successor3 = Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|07|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
{{small|(modern-day Kosovo)}}
| spouse =
| party = Vetëvendosje
| occupation =
| signature = Glauk Konjufca (nënshkrim).svg
}}
Glauk Konjufca (born 25 July 1981) is a Kosovo-Albanian activist, journalist and politician serving as speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo since March 2021. He was previously member of the Assembly, leader of the Vetëvendosje parliamentary group, speaker of the Assembly, minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as acting president of Kosovo until the election of Vjosa Osmani.
Early life and education
Konjufca was born in Pristina. He studied philosophy at the University of Pristina. During his studies, he served as deputy director of the Center for Rights student organization.
Konjufca is the author of a book on G.W.F. Hegel and other publications on philosophy.
Political career
Konjufca has been an activist of the Vetëvendosje Movement since its founding in 2005. He edited the movement's weekly newspaper, and was elected to the Assembly of Kosovo in 2010, when Vetëvendosje first ran for elected office. He served as deputy speaker of the Assembly from 2011 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2017, and led the Vetëvendosje parliamentary group from 2014 to 2019.
In 2012, Konjufca told Deutsche Welle that he supported the unification of Albania and Kosovo to form a Greater Albania, saying, "The national union of Kosovo and Albania is an indisputable right of the Albanian people, who were unjustly divided by history.” At the time, it was reported that Vetëvendosje would seek a referendum on unification.Vilma Filaj-Ballvora & Zoran Arbutina. [https://www.dw.com/en/dream-of-greater-albania-alive-at-centennial/a-16409739 Independent Albania ] Deutsche Welle, November 28, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
After Vetëvendosje's victory in the 2019 parliamentary election, Konjufca was appointed speaker of the Assembly on 26 December 2019 with a 75–27 vote. He resigned on 3 February 2020 to become minister of foreign affairs. He left office when a new government led by opposition parties took over on 3 June 2020.
Konjufca was the second most voted candidate in the 2021 parliamentary election, which Vetëvendosje won by a landslide. On 22 March 2021, he was elected speaker of the Assembly by a 69–33 vote. With a vacant presidency, Konjufca was also serving as acting president until the election of Vjosa Osmani.{{cite news|url=https://www.gazetaexpress.com/glauk-konjufca-emerohet-kryeparlamentar|title=Glauk Konjufca zgjidhet kryeparlamentar|language=sq|publisher=Gazeta Express|date=22 March 2021}}.
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Category:Politicians from Pristina
Category:University of Pristina alumni
Category:Writers from Pristina
Category:Vetëvendosje politicians