Afrim Gashi
Afrim Gashi | |
|---|---|
Африм Гаши | |
Gashi in 2021 | |
| President of the Assembly of North Macedonia | |
| Assumed office 28 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jovan Mitreski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1977 |
| Political party | Besa Movement (2014–2018) Alternativa (2018–present) |
| Education | State University of Tetova Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |
Afrim Gashi (Macedonian: Африм Гаши; born 9 November 1977) is a Macedonian politician who has been the President of the Assembly of North Macedonia since 2024, and a member of the assembly since 2016. He was elected as a member of the Besa Movement, which he co-founded with Bilal Kasami, but left to form Alternativa.
Early life and education
Afrim Gashi was born on 9 November 1977, and is of Albanian descent. He graduated from State University of Tetova with a law degree after attending from 2004 to 2007, and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje with a master's degree in political science after attending from 2009 to 2021.[1][2] Gashi was an elementary school teacher from 2003 to 2004.[1]
Career
Media
Gashi worked as a programme moderator at the Skopje radio station Radio FERA from 1995 to 1996, and at TV ERA from 1996 to 1997. He was an editor for Logos-А from 2008 to 2017, and a columnist for Koha from 2010 to 2011. Shenja, an Albanian-language political magazine that covered politics and culture, employed him as chief editor from 2011 to 2014.[1]
Politics
After the Kosovo War he worked for a non-governmental organization that helped socialise children. He surveyed refugees from Kosovo for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2001. He was a group supervisor for UNICEF in Aračinovo after the insurgency in 2001. In 2009, Gashi was Deputy Secretary of the Studeničani Election Committeex.[1]
Bilal Kasami and Gashi founded Besa Movement in 2014,[2] and Gashi served as its secretary general from 2014 to 2018.[1] Gashi split from the Besa Movement and formed Alternative after a court ruled that Kasami would remain leader of the party.[2] He was president of Alternative from 2018 to 2024. In the 2016 election he won a seat in the Assembly of North Macedonia. During his tenure in the assembly he served on the Local Self-Government, European Affairs, Elections and Appointments, Constitutional Affairs, and Foreign Policy committees.[1]
On 28 May 2024, Gashi was elected President of the assembly.[3]
Personal life
Gashi is a native speaker of Albanian and can also speak Macedonian, English, Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Assembly of North Macedonia.
- ^ a b c Dichoska 2024.
- ^ Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Works cited
News
- Dichoska, Tamara (28 May 2024). "Од рапер до претседател на Собрание - Кој е Африм Гаши?". Sitel. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025.
Web
- "Afrim Gashi". Assembly of North Macedonia. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- "North Macedonia". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.