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Bajram Kosumi (born March 20, 1960, in Tuxhec, Kosovska Kamenica - Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia) is an ethnic Albanian politician in Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration. He was the Prime Minister of Kosovo for the best part of a year, from March 23, 2005 until March 1, 2006 and the deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.

Contents 1 Family and Life 2 Education 3 Past and Present Activities and Functions 4 Published Books 5 External links

He is married and is a father of four children. He lives in Priština, the capital of Kosovo.

He graduated in Philology and has a Master's Degree in Albanian Literature from the University of Priština.

Kosumi is a veteran figure on Kosovo's political scene. He was a student activist and in March 1981 was sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking part in demonstrations against the government. He served almost ten years of his sentence before being released in 1991.

From 1991 until 1993 he worked as a journalist.

In 1993, Kosumi became president of the Parliamentary Party of Kosovo. He is a quiet, cerebral politician, who took part in the Rambouillet talks in early 1999, prior to NATO's 11-week bombing. Kosumi was a supporter of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) insurgency, however he did not take up arms or wear uniform.

He is currently the deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, the third largest political party in Kosovo. From December 2004 until he became the third post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo, Kosumi was the Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning of the Government of Kosovo.

Bajram Kosumi has also published a number of books.

• “Book of Liberty” (Albanian: Libri i lirisë) (1991), Priština.
• “A Concept on Sub-Policy” (1995), Priština.
• “Vocabulary of Barbarians” (2000), Priština.
• “A Concept on the New Political Thought” (2001), Priština.
• “Fista's Lyric” (Albanian: Lirika e Fishtës) (1991), Tirana.

• Bajram Kosumi, member of the Assembly of Kosovo.
• BBC News article "Kosovo prime minister steps down"

Preceded by Ramush Haradinaj

Prime Minister of Kosovo 2004–2006

Succeeded by Agim Çeku