Thaci becomes Kosovo´s PM

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-10-2008 09:28

Hashim Thaci has been elected Kosovo's Prime Minister in a vote that foreshadows a declaration of independence from Serbia.

Newly elected Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci  claps at a session of the Kosovo parliament in  Pristina January 9, 2008. REUTERS/Hazir Reka

Thaci was elected by a vote of 85 to 22 to head a coalition government that will try to steer the province through a declaration of independence.

Thaci's Democratic Party of Kosovo won the most votes in November elections.

It will govern alongside its main opponent, President Fatmir Sejdiu's Democratic League of Kosovo.

Both parties support statehood for the province, where ethnic Albanians make up more than ninety percent of the region's population.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei