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kosoVo**

H.E. Valdete Daka,
President of CEC

part i in August 2015, established the Kosovo Relocat-
ed Specialist Institution, referred to as the Kosovo
CoUNtrY ProfiLE Specialist Chamber or “Specialist Court,” was es-
tablished to try war crimes allegedly committed by
1. Country Name members of the Kosovo Liberation Army in the late
KOSOVO 1990s

2. Official Name 11. Language (s)
Republic of Kosovo Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian
(official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes
3. Government Romani), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
Presidential Republic

4. Head of the Government part ii
Prime Minister – Albin Kurti
LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
5. Head of the State
President – Hashim Thaçi LEGISLATURE

6. Capital 1. Structure of National Legislature
Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina) Unicameral

7. Currency 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English\
Euro The Assembly of Kosovo

8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Albanians 92.9%, Bosniaks 1.6%, Serbs 1.5%, Turk nominated
1.1%, Ashkali 0.9%, Egyptian 0.7%, Gorani 0.6%, Ro- The Assembly of Kosovo (KuvendiiKosovës)
mani 0.5%, other/unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.) has 120 members elected for a four-year term.
According to the Constitution, Kosovo shall have
9. Date of Independence and from which Country an Assembly consisting of 120 members. It in-
17 February 2008 (from Serbia) cludes twenty reserved seats which are ten for

Kosovar Serbs and ten for non-Serb minorities (e.g.,
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution Bosniak, Roma, etc.).
Previous 1974, 1990; latest (postindependence)
draft finalized 2 April 2008, signed 7 April 2008, rat- 4. Popular House
ified 9 April 2008, entered into force 15 June 2008; The Assembly of Kosovo
note - amendment 24, passed by the Assembly

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