Bilal Kasami[a] (born 31 July 1975) is a Macedonian politician. He is the president of the Besa Movement party in which he co-founded. He served in the Assembly of North Macedonia from 2016 to 2020. In 2021, he was elected mayor of Tetovo.
Bilal Kasami | |
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Биљал Касами | |
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| Member of the Assembly of North Macedonia | |
| In office 2016–2020 | |
| Mayor of Tetovo | |
| Assumed office October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Teuta Arifi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1975 Tetovo, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Democratic Union for Integration (2004-2008) New Democracy (2008-2011) Besa Movement (2014-present) |
Biography
editKasami completed economic studies at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje 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 (DUI), but then he returned to the customs office where he stayed for two years. Kasami left DUI in 2008 and joined New Democracy, which became defunct in 2011 due to the poor performance in parliamentary election 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 Besa Movement.[1] Kasami ran as part of the Besa Movement and was elected deputy of the 2016-2020 legislature in the Assembly of North Macedonia.[2]
Personal life
editKasami is married to Aisha Kasami and they have two children.[3]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Macedonian: Биљал Касами; Albanian: Bilal Kasami
References
edit- ^ "Kopje e arkivuar". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Bilal Kasami". sobranie.mk. Kuvendi i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Билал Касами: Политичар против естаблишментот". balkaninsight.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Balkan Insight (11 октомври 2016)