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Afrim Gashi
Afrim Gashi (Macedonian: Африм Гаши; born 9 November 1977) is a Macedonian politician and the speaker of the Assembly of North Macedonia.[1] BiographyAfrim Gashi was born on 9 November 1977, in Skopje, in SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia). He is an ethnic Albanian. In his youth, he attempted to become a musician. He completed primary and secondary in his hometown. In 2007, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the State University in Tetovo. In 2021, he received his master's degree in political science at the Institute for Legal, Sociological and Political Studies at the University "St. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje.[2] In 2011, he founded the nationwide magazine "Shenja" and until 2014 he was its editor-in-chief. Since 2014, he has also been active in politics, founding the Besa Movement.[3] He was its initiator, designer and ideator, while for some time he also held the office of its General Secretary. In the early parliamentary elections of 2016, Afrim Gashi was elected deputy, running in electoral unit no2. Gashi has been leader of the Alternativa political party since its founding in 2019 until 2024. He has been a member of Parliament since 2016. Gashi was elected president of the Macedonian Assembly on 28 May 2024, by the "VLEN" Coalition (consisting of Alliance for Albanians, BESA, Alternativa, and Democratic Movement), VMRO-DPMNE and ZNAM.[4] References
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