Husnija Bešković

Husnija Bešković (born 3 December 1953) is a Bosniak politician in Kosovo. He was a member of the Assembly of Kosovo in the 2004–07 term and has served as a deputy minister in the government of the Republic of Kosovo.

Early life and career

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Bešković was born in Plav, in what was then the People's Republic of Montenegro in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He later moved to nearby Peć (Albanian: Peja) in Kosovo. He attended commercial high school and worked in business before entering political life.[1]

Politician

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Party of Democratic Action

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Bešković appeared in the lead position on the Party of Democratic Action (SDA)'s electoral list for Peć in the 2000 Kosovan local elections and was elected when the list won a single seat.[2][3]

Bosniak Democratic Initiative of Kosovo

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Bešković left the SDA in 2002 and led a citizen's initiative called the Bosniak Democratic Initiative of Kosovo – Husnija Bešković (BDIKHB) for that year's local elections in Peć.[4] He was again elected when the list won a single seat.[5][6]

In April 2004, Bešković registered the citizen's initiative as the Bosniac Party of Kosovo.[7] Two months later, he brought the party into the newly formed Vakat Coalition of Bosniak parties in the province.[8]

Vakat Coalition

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Bešković appeared in the fourth position on the Vakat Coalition's list in the 2004 Kosovan parliamentary election, which was held under closed list proportional representation.[9] He missed direct election when the list won three seats but received a mandate in either December 2004 or early 2005 as a replacement for Sadik Idrizi, who had been appointed to cabinet. Bešković served on the assembly's security committee and the committee on judicial affairs, legislative and constitutional framework, gender equality, petitions, and public requests.[10]

He opposed Kosovo's drive for independence in 2007 and instead supported a framework of autonomy for the province within Serbia.[11]

Prior to the 2007 Kosovan parliamentary election, Kosovo switched to a system of open list proportional representation. Bešković was again given the fourth position on the Vakat Coalition's list, finished fifth among its candidates, and was not re-elected when the list again won three seats.[12]

For the 2010 parliamentary election, Bešković appeared in the seventh position on Vakat's list and finished in sixteenth place among its candidates. The list fell to two seats and he was again not elected.[13] Vakat took part in Kosovo's coalition government after the election, and Bešković served as a deputy minister for communities and returns from 2011 to 2014.[14][15]

By 2014, Bešković was the leader of the local New Bosniak Party (NBS) in Peć, which operated within the Vakat Coalition. He signed a coalition agreement with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) to participate in Peć's municipal government following the 2013 local elections.[16] He was later given the fourth position on Vakat's list in the 2014 Kosovan parliamentary election, finished tenth among its candidates, and was not elected to the assembly when the list won two seats.[17]

New Democratic Party

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Bešković later left the Vakat Coalition and joined the New Democratic Party (NDS). He appeared on the party's lists in the 2017 and 2019 parliamentary elections and did not come close to winning election on either occasion.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ Periudha e dytë Legjislative (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007) – Husnija Beškoviæ, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 16 March 2024.
  2. ^ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2000 – Fletëvotimet dhe listat e kandidatëve (Pejë – Lista e kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2000 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Kandidatët e zgjedhur sipas subjekteve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Central Election Commission certifies eight political entities", Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 18 July 2002, accessed 16 March 2024.
  5. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2002 – Fletëvotimet dhe listat e kandidatëve (Pejë), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2002 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 4 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Registration of two Bosniac parties in Kosovo open for review, OSCE Mission says", Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 27 April 2004, accessed 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ Zgjedhja Juaj, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2004, p. 8.
  9. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDIN E KOSOVËS 2004 – Fletëvotimi për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004 (Lista e Kandidatëve për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ Periudha e dytë Legjislative (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007) – Komisioni për Siguri and Komisioni për Çështje Gjyqësore, Legjislacion dhe Kornizë Kushtetuese, Barazi Gjinore, Peticione dhe Kërkesa Publike, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 16 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Parlamentarios kosovares defienden la independencia de región en el Congreso," Agencia EFE - Servicio General, 16 October 2007.
  12. ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVEND TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 27, accessed 15 January 2022.
  13. ^ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2010 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 25, accessed 2 February 2022.
  14. ^ no title, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 26 October 2011, accessed 16 March 2024.
  15. ^ ANNUAL REPORT ON THE EDUCATIONAL SITUATION OF FORCED RETURNEES AND ROMA, ASHKALI, AND EGYPTIANS (2015), funded by the European Union and Council of Europe, p. 1, accessed 16 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Nova bošnjačka stranka dio opštinske vlasti u Peći", Sandžak Press, 29 January 2014, accessed 16 March 2024.
  17. ^ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2010 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 9, accessed 2 February 2022.
  18. ^ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2017 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e kandidatëve sipas subjekteve të renditur sipas numrit të votave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 22. Bešković appeared in the eighth position on the NDS's list in 2017 and finished thirty-fifth. The list won a single seat.
  19. ^ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2019 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve (renditja si në fletëvotim)), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 11, accessed 2 February 2022. Bešković appeared in the twenty-second position on the NDS's list in 2019 and finished forty-first. The list again won a single seat.
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