Isa Mustafa on Bujar Bukoshi: Colossus of independence, knowledgeable, fair, pure as a tear, I have a lot to say, today I can’t take it anymore
Express newspaper
10/06/2025 17:16
Former Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, has reacted to the passing of former Prime Minister in exile of Kosovo, Bujar Bukoshi, stating that he has a lot to say about him, but today, he cannot write at length, writes Gazeta Express.
Mustafa, in his reaction on Facebook, described Bukoshi as a “colossus of independence”, and as a person who was knowledgeable, fair and “pure as a tear”.
Former Prime Minister Mustafa also said that it is difficult to measure the contribution of Bukoshi, who worked in “untimely times.”
“Today I cannot write at length about my Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Dr. Bujar Bukoshi, who left this life. I have a lot to say about the man who led the Government in exile in the most difficult times, about the man who never gave up because he was brave, knowledgeable, fair and direct, pure as a tear. His contribution can hardly be measured, because he worked in a time of no time, where only idealism for the freedom of Kosovo led him forward. Bujar was and will remain a colossus of Kosovo’s independence!”, he wrote.
Otherwise, Mustafa had served as Minister of Finance in Bukoshi’s government.
Bukoshi was appointed Prime Minister of the Kosovo Government in Exile after the proclamation of the Republic of Kosovo in 1991 and for almost a decade had worked from Germany to raise awareness in the Western world about Serbian repression in Kosovo.
Today, Bukoshi passed away at the age of 78, after a long battle with a serious illness. He was one of the most well-known figures on the political and health scene in Kosovo. /Express newspaper