Shqiprim Arifi

Shqiprim Arifi (Serbian Cyrillic: Шћиприм Арифи, romanized: Šćiprim Arifi; born 14 June 1976) is a Serbian politician serving as the head of the Alternative for Changes and the mayor of the Preševo municipality since 11 April 2022. Arifi is a representative of the country's Albanian community.

Shqiprim Arifi
Шћиприм Арифи
Mayor of Preševo
Assumed office
11 April 2022
Preceded byArdita Sinani
In office
15 September 2017 – 12 May 2021
Preceded byArdita Sinani
Succeeded byArdita Sinani
In office
27 May 2016 – 13 March 2017
Preceded byRagmi Mustafa
Succeeded byArdita Sinani
Personal details
Born (1976-06-14) 14 June 1976
Mannheim, West Germany
Citizenship Serbia
 Germany
NationalityAlbanian
Political partyAlternative for Changes
OccupationPolitician, businessman
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Biography

Arifi was born on 14 June 1976 to an Albanian family in Mannheim, in what was then West Germany. His family hails from the village of Trnava, in the vicinity of Preševo. In Germany he attended elementary school and graduated from economics high school in 1998.[1]

After graduating, he started working for HAAF as an international sector manager, and in 2002 he started a private business in the field of logistics, while soon opening branches of his company in Stuttgart, Leipzig, Hamburg, Bratislava and Kumanovo.[2]

He moved from Germany to Preševo in 2013.[2]

After the 2016 Serbian local elections, he was elected president of the municipality of Preševo, while he was re-elected in February 2018.[2] In 2016, Arifi became the president of one of the local governments in Serbia, although he did not speak Serbian.[3]

He advocates the annexation of the Preševo Valley to Kosovo.[4][5]

Personal life

Arifi is married and has three daughters.[1] Arifi's younger brother, Shpejtim (born 3 May 1979) is a football manager and former player.[6]

References
  1. "Kryetari – Komuna e Preshevës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  2. Председник општинe Прешево
  3. Alo!. "Funkcioner u Srbiji, a ne zna reč srpskog?!". alo (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  4. ": Шћиприм Арифи: Албанци Прешевске долине ни по коју цену не прихватају поделу Косова како би се жеља за уједињењем са Косовом остварила". Нова српска политичка мисао (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  5. R.E./Beta (2018-08-30). "PREDSEDNIK OPŠTINE PREŠEVO ŠĆIPRIM ARIFI: Ili će se cela Preševska dolina pripojiti Kosovu ili će Albanci nastaviti rat sa Srbijom". Ekspres.net. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  6. "Bruder" [Brother]. Facebook (in German). Shqiprim Arifi. 24 November 2021.[self-published]
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