Rozeta Hajdari (born June 10, 1974) is a Kosovar economist and politician, currently serving as minister of industry, entrepreneurship and trade of the Republic of Kosovo. Following a lengthy career with foreign development organizations, she joined the government as a non-partisan minister in 2020.
Education
Hajdari studied economics at the
University of Prishtina
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 o ...
and completed her master's degree at
Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University (LNU) () is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University a ...
in Växjö, Sweden.
Career
Hajdari worked for over two decades with international development agencies, government and business organizations in areas of economy, education, governance, public administration reform, and European integration. She was in charge of institution-building, policy planning and coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. During her career, she maintained a clear vision of aid effectiveness and local ownership.
Hajdari has also taught economics and management courses at the
in Peja and at
RIT Kosovo
The Rochester Institute of Technology Kosovo, previously known as the American University in Kosovo, is a private university located in the Germia district of Pristina, Kosovo. The university was established in 2002 and is part of the Rochester ...
.
In February 2020, Hajdari was appointed minister of economy, employment, trade, industry, entrepreneurship and strategic investments in the
first Kurti government. As she assumed the portfolios of five former ministries, she became known as a "super minister". During her short tenure, she dismissed the directors of ten publicly owned enterprises, proposed trade reciprocity measures against Serbia,
worked on a plan to collect electricity payments in northern Kosovo, and assisted with COVID-19 measures.
While she remained a non-party member, Hajdari stood as a candidate for the
Vetëvendosje
Vetëvendosje (, , LVV or VV) is a Left-wing politics, left-leaning Democratic socialism, democratic socialist List of political parties in Kosovo, political party in Kosovo. It is a member of the Progressive Alliance, and an observer in the Par ...
Movement in the 2021 parliamentary elections. She gave up her seat after the opening session to become minister of industry, entrepreneurship and trade in the
second Kurti government in March 2021.
In her first year in office, Hajdari proposed 11 laws, supervised Kosovo's participation in
Expo Dubai 2020, and undertook important reforms within her department. Her focus is industrial policy reform and investment promotion.
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Living people
1974 births
Albanian economists
Kosovo Albanians
Industry ministers of Kosovo
Women government ministers of Kosovo
RIT Kosovo
Linnaeus University alumni
University of Pristina alumni
Politicians from Peja