Glauk Konjufca

He was Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo twice, acting president in 2021, and has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 11 February 2026. He is named among the possible contenders for the 2026 presidential election.

Career

Konjufca studied philosophy at the University of Pristina and edited the Vetëvendosje weekly newspaper. Elected to the Assembly in 2010, he was deputy speaker (2011-2014 and 2015-2017) and led the party's parliamentary group from 2014 to 2019. He was Speaker from December 2019 to February 2020, Foreign Minister from February to June 2020 under Albin Kurti, and Speaker again from March 2021 to April 2025, acting president in March-April 2021. He became Foreign Minister again on 11 February 2026.

Positions

In 2012 he told Deutsche Welle that national union of Kosovo and Albania was an indisputable goal, in line with the party's stance, according to Wikipedia. As Speaker he criticised the EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák as biased towards Serbia. Wikipedia describes Vetëvendosje as centre-left to left-wing, combining social democracy with Albanian nationalism.

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Photo: Presidency of Kosovo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)