Lumir Abdixhiku

Lumir Abdixhiku
Lumir Abdixhiku
Leader of the Democratic League
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 March 2021
Preceded by	Isa Mustafa
Minister of Infrastructure and Environment
	In office; 3 February 2020 – 3 June 2020
Preceded by	Pal Lekaj
Succeeded by	Arban Abrashi
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
	In office; 3 August 2017 – 3 February 2020
Personal details
Born	22 April 1983; Pristina, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia; (now Kosovo)
Political party	Democratic League
Spouse(s)	Albina Kastrati
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Pristina; Staffordshire University

Lumir Abdixhiku (born 22 April 1983) is a member of Assembly of Kosovo and the president of Democratic League of Kosovo. He served as Kosovo's former Minister of Infrastructure and Environment.[1] under Kurti cabinet. Prior to that, Abdixhiku served as Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee in Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo between 2017-2019.[2] In elections of 2019, Abdixhiku was 9th most voted politician in Kosovo[3] and started his second term as Member of Parliament.

Biography

Lumir Abdixhiku was born in Pristina, Kosovo. Abdixhiku holds a PhD in Economics, from Staffordshire University.[4] Prior to political engagement, Abdixhiku was activist of civil society. He led the oldest and the largest think-tank institution in Kosovo, Riinvest Institute, where he and other national prominent researchers advocated in the field of privatisation, economic development and the country's democratisation.[5][6][7]

Works

Abdixhiku has two published papers in the field of tax evasion:

1. Abdixhiku et, al. 2017: Firm-level determinants of tax evasion in transition economies, Economic Systems, Volume 41, Issue 3, September 2017, Pages 354-366[8]

2. Abdixhiku et, al. 2018. "Business Tax Evasion in Transition Economies: A Cross-Country Panel Investigation," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), vol. 15(1), pages 11–36, June[9]

References

Ministry of Infrastructure. "Lumir Abdixhiku ka pranuar edhe zyrtarisht detyren e ministrit te infrastruktures dhe Transportit".
Kuvendi i Kosoves. "Periudha e gjashtë Legjislative".
Gazeta Express. "Këta janë 10 politikanët më të votuar të këtyre zgjedhjeve në Kosovë".
Staffordshire University. "Staffordshire graduates take top roles in Kosovan government".
New York Times. "Ex-U.S. Official Pulls Bid for Kosovo Telecom Stake".
New York Times. "Kosovars Who Fought for Land Are Now Eager to Leave".
Foreign Policy. "Donald Trump's Big League Balkans Problem The first victim of Trump-induced instability might n".
ScienceDirect. "Abdixhiku et, al. 2017, Firm-level determinants of tax evasion in transition economies".
European Journal of Comparative Economics. "Abdixhiku et, al. 2018. Business Tax Evasion in Transition Economies: A Cross-Country Panel Investigation".

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[1] Ministry of Infrastructure. "Lumir Abdixhiku ka pranuar edhe zyrtarisht detyren e ministrit te infrastruktures dhe Transportit".

[2] Kuvendi i Kosoves. "Periudha e gjashtë Legjislative".

[3] Gazeta Express. "Këta janë 10 politikanët më të votuar të këtyre zgjedhjeve në Kosovë".

[4] Staffordshire University. "Staffordshire graduates take top roles in Kosovan government".

[5] New York Times. "Ex-U.S. Official Pulls Bid for Kosovo Telecom Stake".

[6] New York Times. "Kosovars Who Fought for Land Are Now Eager to Leave".

[7] Foreign Policy. "Donald Trump's Big League Balkans Problem The first victim of Trump-induced instability might n".

[8] ScienceDirect. "Abdixhiku et, al. 2017, Firm-level determinants of tax evasion in transition economies".

[9] European Journal of Comparative Economics. "Abdixhiku et, al. 2018. Business Tax Evasion in Transition Economies: A Cross-Country Panel Investigation".