Blerim Gashani is the Minister of Youth and Sports of Kosovo. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, where he also held national coordinator roles for Integrated Border Management, Anti-Trafficking, and Migration. He has extensive experience in public administration and international missions, having worked with UNMIK, EULEX, and the UK organization NI-CO, managing security and justice-related projects in Kosovo. Gashani is also known as a publicist and journalist, with hundreds of articles published across Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia. He has authored two books: Vjeshtë e ngrime (2017, co-authored) and Kronikë e rrënimit të Kosovës (2020).

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.