He is also the first vice president of the Vetëvendosje movement, and has previously served as minister of finance and member of parliament.

[citation needed] Bislimi studied macroeconomic analysis at the University of Zagreb, graduating in 1994.

He received his doctorate from the University of Freiberg with a specialty in fiscal policies and transition to market economy.

[citation needed] Bislimi worked as an assistant for macroeconomics and public finance at the University of Freiberg for six years.

[3] He has also served as head of the economics unit and managing director of the research center at RIT Kosovo, and taught part-time in Macedonia.