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In September 2026, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers convicted him of war crimes and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1 January 1951","date":"1951-01-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Negroc","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12756093"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kosovo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"historian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201788"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Democratic Party of Kosovo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1186316"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Pristina (1969–1999)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1630703"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Kosovo (4 April 2011 – 7 April 2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886947","start":"2011-04-04","end":"2011-04-07"},{"text":"President of Kosovo (27 September 2010 – 22 February 2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886947","start":"2010-09-27","end":"2011-02-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakup_Krasniqi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jakup Krasniqi born?","a":"Jakup Krasniqi was born on 1 January 1951 in Negroc."},{"q":"What positions has Jakup Krasniqi held?","a":"Positions held by Jakup Krasniqi include: President of Kosovo (2011–2011); President of Kosovo (2010–2011)."},{"q":"Where did Jakup Krasniqi study?","a":"Jakup Krasniqi was educated at University of Pristina (1969–1999)."}],"related":[{"name":"Ibrahim Rugova","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ibrahim-rugova"},{"name":"Behgjet Pacolli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/behgjet-pacolli"},{"name":"Atifete Jahjaga","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/atifete-jahjaga"},{"name":"Hashim Thaçi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hashim-thaci"},{"name":"Fatmir Sejdiu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fatmir-sejdiu"},{"name":"Glauk Konjufca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/glauk-konjufca"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jakup-krasniqi-43c4eee1c1.jpg","width":324,"height":432,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Presidency of Kosovo","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jakup_Krasniqi1_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jakup Krasniqi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakup_Krasniqi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q562918","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562918","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jakup Krasniqi1 (cropped).jpg by Presidency of Kosovo (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jakup_Krasniqi1_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jakup Krasniqi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jakup Krasniqi1 (cropped).jpg — Presidency of Kosovo, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Jakup Krasniqi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jakup-krasniqi. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T08:56:59Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jakup-krasniqi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jakup-krasniqi","ne":null}}