PRISHTINA, Oct. 7 /ATA/ – Justina Shiroka Pula formally took office as Kosovo’s president on Wednesday at a handover ceremony with outgoing acting President Albulena Haxhiu.
Shiroka Pula begins a five-year term after receiving 81 votes in an extraordinary session of Kosovo’s parliament on Tuesday evening.
She was nominated by the parliamentary group of the ruling Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) movement, while the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) nominated Eliza Hoxha as her rival candidate.
At 73, Shiroka Pula is Kosovo’s third woman president, following Atifete Jahjaga and Vjosa Osmani.
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