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She restarted political activity as director of the department of energy in the ministry of energy and mines, ad then in the
American chamber of commerce in Kosovo, where she as an executive director in 2006-2009. While in the American chamber in Kosovo, in 2009, she finished a four-month research
536:(AKR). She was named deputy prime minister of Kosovo and minister of commerce and industry on 23 February 2011, and worked in this capacity until 2 October 2013, when she resigned from all positions in the government of Kosovo because of her commitment to an election campaign for mayor of
457:. During this time she was very active in organizing the student community and showing leadership skills. She founded and was the first president of the Association of Business Women of Duquesne University and was one of three Ron Brown scholarship holders from
509:. She announced a break from politics at the end of 2004, with her marriage with Arben Lila, and her son being born in the following year. Kusari added her husband's last name to her own and now uses Kusari Lila as her official name.
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Foundation education plan for Kosovo and the establishment of the institution. Her work resulted in the successful opening of the university, now as a leading education institution in Kosovo and the region.
407:, Faculty of Economics. She graduated in management and informations systems, working full-time to fund her studies in a time of economic crisis and political repression. In 1998-1999, when the
505:. The first woman to have such a position and impartial in her political beliefs, she was the face and voice of the Kosovo government for more than a year at a time when Kosovo returned to the
521:, capital research center in Washington, D.C., focusing on the development of capital markets in the developing world. During her stay, she was invited as a guest speaker to the
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565:References
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213:1975-10-16
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