Shqiprim Arifi

Shqiprim Arifi (Serbian Cyrillic: Шћиприм Арифи, romanized: Šćiprim Arifi; born 14 June 1976) is a Serbian politician of Albanian origin who served as the head of the Alternative for Changes and served as mayor of Preševo in three separate stints from 2016 to 2024.

[2][3][4] Arifi was born on 14 June 1976 to an Albanian family in Mannheim, West Germany.

[5] After graduating, he started working for HAAF as an international sector manager, and in 2002 he started a private business in the field of logistics, while soon opening branches of his company in Stuttgart, Leipzig, Hamburg, Bratislava and Kumanovo.

[6] In 2016, Arifi became the president of one of the local governments in Serbia, although he did not speak Serbian.

[5] Arifi's younger brother, Shpejtim (born 3 May 1979) is a football manager and former player.