# Kosovo lawmakers elect Justina Pula president in late-night vote, averting snap election

https://mins.news/en/item/90791

- euronews, 2026-10-08 04:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/08/kosovo-lawmakers-elect-justina-pula-as-the-countrys-new-president-in-late-night-vote-to-av

> A late-night parliamentary session elected Justina Pula as Kosovo’s new president, ending a legislative deadlock of more than 19 months and averting a snap election. Her election to the largely symbolic post makes her the third woman to hold the office since Kosovo’s post-war independence from Serbia.

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