Bekim Jashari

Bekim Hamëz Jashari (born 28 January 1975) is a former Kosovo Albanian politician who served as mayor of Skenderaj in Kosovo from 22 October 2017 to 30 November 2021.

Early life and career Jashari was born on 28 January 1975 in village Prekaz i Epërm of Skenderaj, in a family with national traditions and intellectual values, as leaders of Albanian education in Skenderaj. He was the first child of the couple Hamëz and Feride.

As the grandson of teacher Shaban, education has been primary in the formation of the Bekim. He finished primary and secondary school in Skenderaj. With the completion of secondary school, in 1992 the political situation in the region had become unstable. Skenderaj had been run by the Democratic Party of Kosovo since the end of the Kosovo War, but in respect to the Jashari family, the Democratic Party did not put forward a candidate. Jashari was elected mayor on 22 October 2017 winning 85.5% of votes.