Memli Krasniqi is a Kosovo Albanian

Albanians in Kosovo

Albanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . According to the 1991 Serbian census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population...

 rap

Rap

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 singer–songwriter

Singer–songwriter

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, politician

Politician

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, spokesman

Spokesman

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 and currently a member of the Democratic Party Of Kosovo

Kosovo

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Biography

Krasniqi was born in Pristina

Pristina

Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....

, the son of Milazim Krasniqi, a political analyst. He has two sisters, Teuta and Bubulina. He is married to Meliza Mehmeti. They have a daughter named Bora.

Music career

Krasniqi started his music career in 1995, when he formed the rap group Ritmi i Rruges with Arbër Reçi. This group had many hits and three albums, and now has many Albanian fans. They are both now pursuing other careers and no longer recording.

Political career

Krasniqi started his political career sometime after the Kosovo War

Kosovo War

The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...

, and then became a member of the Democratic Party Of Kosovo in 2004. He is a spokesman in Kosovo's government, and also a deputy in Kosovo's parliament. Memli now is Minister of Culture. He is also a member of the committees for education, science, technology, culture and youth and sports.

External links

• Memli Krasniqi at the Assembly of Kosovo
  Assembly of Kosovo
  The Assembly of Kosovo was originally established by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 2001 to provide 'provisional, democratic self-government'....