Bilal Kasami (born 31 July 1975) is a Macedonian politician. He is the president of the

Besa Movement The Besa Movement (; ) is a centre-right ethnic Albanian political party in North Macedonia. It was formed in November 2014 by Bilal Kasami, Afrim Gashi Afrim Gashi (; born 9 November 1977) is a Macedonian politician and the speaker of the A ...

party in which he co-founded. He served in the

Assembly of North Macedonia The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia is the unicameral legislature of North Macedonia. According to the Constitution, the Sobranie represents the people and is vested with legislative power. It can have between 120 and 140 MPs (current ...

from 2016 to 2020. In 2021, he was elected mayor of

Tetovo Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...

Biography

Kasami completed economic studies at the

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje The Saints Cyril and Methodius University () is a public university, public research university in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is the oldest and largest public university in the country. It is named after the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Christ ...

in 2000, and in the following four years he worked in the customs administration of North Macedonia. From 2004 to 2006, he was the state secretary in the Ministry of Economy as a member of the

Democratic Union for Integration The Democratic Union for Integration (, ) is the largest ethnic Albanian political party in North Macedonia and the third largest political party in the country. It was formed immediately after the country's 2001 armed conflict between the Nat ...

(DUI), but then he returned to the customs office where he stayed for two years. Kasami left DUI in 2008 and joined

New Democracy New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a type of democracy in Marxism, based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path that w ...

, which became defunct in 2011 due to the poor performance in

parliamentary election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...

held that year. At the same time, he was a professor at the International Balkan University (2009–2011), and he returned to politics in 2014 with the founding of the

. Kasami ran as part of the Besa Movement and was elected deputy of the 2016-2020 legislature in the Assembly of North Macedonia.

Personal life

Kasami is married to Aisha Kasami and they have two children. Balkan Insight (11 октомври 2016)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kasami, Bilal 1975 births Living people People from Tetovo Macedonian people of Albanian descent Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni Democratic Union for Integration politicians Members of the Assembly of North Macedonia Mayors of places in North Macedonia