Ibush Jonuzi

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Ibush Jonuzi (born 28 January 1950) is a politician in Kosovo.[a] He participated in Ibrahim Rugova's parallel governing structures in the 1990s and served two terms in the Assembly of Kosovo in the mandate of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Jonuzi is a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës, LDK).

Early life and career[]

Jonuzi was born in the village of Pasoma in the municipality of Vučitrn (Albanian: Vushtrri), in what was then the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija in the People's Republic of Serbia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from Boris Kidrić High Technical School in Kosovska Mitrovica in 1973 and began working in Trepča Mines in the same year, rising to the position of technical director. He was arrested in 1989 against the backdrop of that year's miner's strike, amid the worsening political situation in the province.

He returned to Trepča in 2014 and worked as a deputy manager until his retirement.[1]

Politician[]

During the 1990s, most members of the Kosovo Albanian community boycotted Serbian state institutions and participated in parallel governing structures. Jonuzi was elected to the "parallel" parliament as a LDK member in the 1992 general election.[2] In February 1998, he was elected to the party's general council.[3] He assisted with the concerns of internally displaced members of the Albanian community in the Vushtrri area during the early period of the Kosovo War in 1998.[4]

Jonuzi appeared in the second position on the LDK's electoral list for Vushtrri in the 2000 Kosovan local elections and was elected when the list won twenty mandates.[5][6] He served for one term and did not seek re-election in 2002.

Parliamentarian (UNMIK mandate)[]

Jonuzi was elected to the Assembly of Kosovo in the 2001 parliamentary election.[7][8] The LDK won a convincing victory; Jonuzi served as a supporter of the administration and was a member of the assembly's trade and industry committee.[9]

He was given the twenty-sixth position on the LDK's list in the 2004 parliamentary election and was re-elected after the list won forty-seven mandates.[10] The LDK remained the dominant force in Kosovo's coalition government after the election, and Jonuzi continued to serve as an administration supporter. In this term, he chaired the assembly committee on economy, trade, industry, energy, transport, and telecommunications.[11]

In the 2007 parliamentary election, held under open list proportional representation, Jonuzi finished in fifty-sixth place among the LDK's candidates.[12] The list fell to twenty-five seats, and he was not re-elected.

Jonuzi ran for mayor of Vushtrri in the 2009 local elections and finished third. He has not returned to active political life since this time.

Electoral record[]

Local[]

2009 Municipality of Vushtrri local election
Mayor of Vushtrri[13][14]
Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
Bajram Mulaku Democratic Party of Kosovo 12,552 48.96 12,331 62.78
Muharrem Shabani Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 6,777 26.43 7,312 37.22
Ibush Jonuzi Democratic League of Kosovo 5,020 19.58
Halil Kuqi Democratic League of Dardania 1,141 4.45
Emine Qerkezi Social Democratic Party of Kosovo 147 0.57
Total valid votes 25,637 100 19,643 100

Notes[]

  1. ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

References[]

  1. ^ Ibush Jonuzi, Oral History Kosovo, 28 July 2021, accessed 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ Ibush Jonuzi, Oral History Kosovo, 28 July 2021, accessed 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Largest party holds 'heated debate' over appointment of new officials," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service: Central Europe & Balkans, 28 February 1998 (Source: Kosova Daily Report, Pristina, in English 26 Feb 98).
  4. ^ "Around 25,000 refugees now in central villages," British Broadcasting Monitoring Service: Central Europe & Balkans, 8 August 1998 (Source: Kosovo Information Centre web site, Pristina, in English 6 Aug 98).
  5. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2000 – Fletëvotimet dhe listat e kandidatëve (Vushtrri), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2000 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Kandidatët e zgjedhur sipas subjekteve), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 21 January 2022.
  7. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVEND TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2001 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Kandidatët e zgjedhur sipas Subjekteve Politike), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ Druga Zakonodavna Perioda (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007) – Dragiša Krstović, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 January 2022.
  9. ^ Prva Zakonodavna Perioda (17.11.2001 - 23.11.2004), Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 January 2022.
  10. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDIN E KOSOVËS 2004 – Fletëvotimi për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004 (Lista e Kandidatëve për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 21 January 2022.
  11. ^ Druga Zakonodavna Perioda (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007), Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 January 2022.
  12. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVEND TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 21 January 2022. Jonuzi had received the thirty-second position on the list.
  13. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2009 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i parë), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 20 January 2022.
  14. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2009 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i dytê), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 20 January 2022.
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