Fatmir Sejdiu

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Dr Fatmir Sejdiu
2nd President of Kosovo
In office February 10 2006 – present
Preceded by	Ibrahim Rugova
Succeeded by	Incumbent

Born	October 23 1951 Pakashticë, Kosovo
Political party	LDK

Fatmir Sejdiu (born October 23, 1951) is the President of Kosovo. He was born in a small village near Podujevo in Kosovo.

Sejdiu was an influential parliamentarian in the 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 and Serbian.

He lives in Pristina, the capital of the Kosovo.