Aleksandar Jablanović ( sr-cyr, Александар Јаблановић; ; born 25 September 1980) is a Kosovo Serb politician, and the Minister of Communities and Returns in the

Republic of Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

from 9 December 2014, until 3 February 2015. He formerly served as the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of

Leposavić Leposavić ( sr-Cyrl, Лепосавић, ), also known as Leposaviq or Albanik ( sq-definite, Leposaviqi or ''Albaniku''), is a town and the northernmost municipality in the District of Mitrovica, Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has ...

, Member of the Serbia
National Assembly
and the State Secretary in th
Ministry for Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs
In May 2017 he founded the Party of Kosovo Serbs (Partija Kosovskih Srba – PKS). On 6 January 2015 a group of Albanians stoned and blocked the way for a bus driving 40 displaced Serbs to Christmas mass in the Orthodox church in

Gjakova Gjakova or Đakovica, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the sixth largest city of Kosovo and seat of the Gjakova Municipality and the District of Gjakova, Gjakova District. According to the 2024 census, the municipality of Gjakov ...

, the same having been done the previous Christmas; Jablanović issued a statement, calling the attackers "savages" (''divljaci'').

Isa Mustafa Isa Mustafa (; born 15 May 1951) is a retired Kosovar politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the ...

said that he would look into if the comment had broken the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo. The Kosovo press reported that he had made the comment directly to the ''Thirrjet e nënave'' (Mothers of

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victims); ''Thirrjet e nënave'' took part in the protests outside the church but it is unclear if they had taken part in the stoning of the bus. The event saw a culmination with the 2015 Kosovo protests. Most opposition and citizens demanded his resignation. He formally apologised for his statements. On 3 February 2015, it was announced that he had been dismissed from the cabinet.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jablanovic, Aleksandar 1980 births Kosovo Serbs Living people People from Leposavić Politicians from Mitrovica, Kosovo Movement of Socialists politicians