Blerim Reka

Blerim Reka (Macedonian: Блерим Река) is an ethnic Albanian academic from North Macedonia. He is currently the Minister of European Integration of Kosovo. He ran as an independent presidential candidate in the 2019 North Macedonian presidential election.

Blerim H. Reka was born in 1960 in Skopje, at the time in SFR Yugoslavia, where he went to school. Later Reka graduated in law from the University of Prishtina.

Reka was Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the European Union in Brussels. Reka has also held diplomatic and legal advisory positions such as Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kosovo for EU Integration. Reka was the Legal Council of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia and Member of the Expert Team for National Strategy and Integration to the EU. Reka has been professor of International Law, International Relations and EU Law at South East European University since 2002. Dr. Reka holds a doctorate in International Public Law and Civil and Economic Law. Reka is an author of 18 books.

As of March 5th 2019, Reka, an independent candidate backed by the Albanian opposition in North Macedonia's April 21 presidential elections, has collected all the required signatures to run, Dr.Reka's election staff announced on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Alliance for Albanians and BESA parties, Reka's candidacy has been supported by over 11,000 citizens.

Reka became a presidential candidate for the 2019 election

On 3 February 2020, Reka was named as the Minister of European Integration of Kosovo in the government of Albin Kurti.