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Emilija Redžepi
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| Third Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo for Minority Issues and Human Rights | |
| Assumed office 22 March 2021 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| President | Atifete Jahjaga Hashim Thaçi |
| Prime Minister | Isa Mustafa Ramush Haradinaj |
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| Born | 15 July 1973 Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Kosovan and Bosniak |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Emilija Redžepi (Albanian: Emilija Rexhepi; born 15 July 1973) is a Kosovan Bosniak politician, and is a member of the New Democratic Party, and serves as the Third Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo.
Career
Emilija Redžepi is a Bosniak in Kosovo. 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. As well as being a Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, where she is a member of the New Democratic Party, she has spoken of external affairs, encouraging Bosnia and Herzegovina to abandon the requirements for Kosovans to have travel visas to cross the border.
Her daughter was briefly kidnapped in 2015, which Redžepi perceived as a threat to be "careful what she is doing". In 2017, she announced her candidacy for Mayor of Prizren, which has a notable Bosniak population. This was after receiving the support of her party. She ended up receiving less than 5% of the vote. Later that year, she supported a vote of no confidence in the government coalition.
