The Executive Committee of the Olympic Committee of Kosovo has unanimously elected Shasivar Haxhijaj as the NOC’s new Secretary General.

Put forward for the post by President Besim Hasani, Haxhijaj, 40, is a former adviser to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, and was First Vice-President for the NOC during the 2013-2016 quadrennial.

At the NOC General Assembly in Pristina last December he was elected Third Vice-President for 2017-2020, but resigned from this position in order to become Secretary General for the same quadrennial, with the full agreement of the Executive.

Shasivar Haxhijaj took over from Mehmet Bogujevci on February 1, 2017.