Muhamet Hamiti (born 1964) is a Kosovar politician, formerly an advisor to the former President of Kosovo,

Ibrahim Rugova Ibrahim Rugova (; 2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was a Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo-Albanian politician, scholar, and writer, who served as the President of the partially recognised Republic of Kosova, serving from 1992 to 2000 and as President ...

. He was the first ambassador of 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 ...

to the

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, from 2008 to 2012.

Career

Hamiti was born in the Podujevo municipality 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 ...

in 1964. He earned his BA in English language and literature at the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina () is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–1999) as a result of the Kosovo War. The inauguration ...

in 1987; earned his MA in

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian d ...

at the

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(in

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) in 1990, and his PhD in English literature at the University of Pristina in 2006. In the 1990s, Hamiti was an independent scholar at the

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and at

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, respectively, pursuing research in and studies of literature. He taught English literature at the University of Pristina from 1989 until 2008 as an assistant, lecturer, assistant professor and from 2013 to 2022 as an associate professor. He is author of a monograph book on English literature, a range of literary essays, as well as literary translations from and into English. From 1991 through 1999 he worked at the Kosovo Information Center (KIC) – ''Qendra për Informim e Kosovës, QIK'' – as editor-in-chief for the English service. He edited and translated into English a number of publications that KIC undertook during those years of the Kosovar's struggle for freedom and independence. Muhamet Hamiti is a member of the

Democratic League of Kosovo The Democratic League of Kosovo (, LDK) is the oldest and one of the largest list of political parties in Kosovo, political parties in Kosovo. History During the late 1980s, nationalism was on the rise throughout the Socialist Federal Republi ...

(LDK) since 1990, and a member of LDK's executive body since 2002. Muhamet Hamiti was a media advisor and spokesman to the President of Kosovo,

, from mid-2002 through January 2006, when he died of cancer. In February 2006, Muhamet Hamiti was appointed a senior political advisor to Rugova's successor to the Presidency of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu. From 2006 to 2012, he served as ambassador to the

. He was also non-resident Ambassador to

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and

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References

Living people Academics of the University of East Anglia Academics of Birkbeck, University of London Kosovan diplomats Ambassadors of Kosovo to Ireland Ambassadors of Kosovo to New Zealand Ambassadors of Kosovo to the United Kingdom People from Podujevë Politicians from Podujevë Year of birth missing (living people) {{Kosovo-politician-stub