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Hamza said in a 2009 interview that investment in energy, roads, and private sector were necessary strategic steps to boost economic growth in Kosovo. He added that years of high growth would be needed to address issues of endemic poverty, saying, "To reduce poverty and unemployment we need to have
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and finished in fortieth place among the party's candidates. The list won thirty-seven mandates, and he was not elected. Due to a requirement that one-third of seats be reserved for female candidates, he was also not immediately in line for a replacement mandate.
799:, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022. He appeared in the fifth position on the party's list, which won fifteen mandates, making it probable that he would have at least had the opportunity to serve. See
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Republic of Kosovo government.
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in the parliament that followed. In his second term, Hamza was head of the PDK's parliamentary group, the chair of the public finance oversight committee, and a member of the committee on budget and transfers.
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after the 2007 election. In
January 2008, Hamza was appointed as Kosovo's deputy minister of economy and finance. In June of the same year, he and Albanian economy, trade, and energy minister
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Metallurgy in Mitrovica from 1987 to 1990. He worked in the private sector from 1990 to 1998 and led the Mitrovica municipal assembly's directorate of public services from 2000 to 2003.
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of the LDK charged that it would become a private bank of the PDK and government. This notwithstanding, Hamza served in the role for the next four and a half years.
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610:, finished in third place, and was re-elected when the list won nineteen seats. The party continued to serve in opposition. Hamza became a deputy
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942:, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 54, accessed 2 February 2022. He appeared in the fifty-third position on the list in 2010.
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The appointment was formalized on 26 March 2013. See "Kosovo president approves new c-bank governor,"
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1155:, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 5, accessed 20 January 2022.
1095:, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 5, accessed 14 January 2022.
1083:, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 3, accessed 2 February 2022.
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economic growth of more than eight percent for the next six or seven years."
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1028:"Kosovo elects ruling party official as central bank governor,"
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1067:"Serbian exports to Kosovo fall by 80mn Euros due to tariffs,"
967:, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 17 January 2022.
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159:Hashim Thaçi
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82:Agim Bahtiri
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1216:1963 births
670:Bedri Hamza
436:closed list
324:Bedri Hamza
273:Nationality
209:Preceded by
171:Ahmet Shala
166:Preceded by
119:Preceded by
77:Preceded by
35:Bedri Hamza
23:Bedri Hamza
1210:Categories
745:References
600:opposition
443:opposition
257:SAP Kosovo
243:1963-11-08
1185:Telegrafi
1169:Telegrafi
653:Candidate
487:Genc Ruli
467:open list
390:from the
368:Skenderaj
308:Education
253:Skenderaj
199:In office
144:In office
97:In office
56:Incumbent
45:Mayor of
781:Archived
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579:system.
300:Children
282:Albanian
612:speaker
577:railway
538:Turkish
400:Albania
374:in the
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279:Kosovar
729:100.00
726:30,856
697:10,654
679:16,566
584:Serbia
451:Vienna
408:TrepÄŤa
328:Kosovo
266:Kosovo
723:Total
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715:3,636
700:34.53
682:53.69
659:Votes
656:Party
573:Euros
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