{{Short description|Kosovan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Duda Balje | honorific_suffix = | image = Duda_Balje2017.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | office = Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo | term_start = 2001 | term_end = | president = | prime_minister = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Prizren, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia<br>{{small|(now Kosovo)}} | party = SDU | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Politician | profession = | known_for = | net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} '''Duda Balje''' (born 16 October 1977) is a Kosovar Bosniak politician.<ref>{{cite web|title=Duda Balje: Donika ka gjak boshnjaku, e duam në VAKAT|url=http://gazetaexpress.com/lajme/duda-balje-donika-ka-gjak-boshnjak-e-duam-ne-vakat-511741/|agency=Gazeta Express|language=sq|date=15 March 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> A member of the Vakat Coalition, she served as a member of the Kosovan Assembly from 2001 to 2017.<ref name=AK>{{cite web|title=Duda Balje|url=http://assembly-kosova.org/?cid=2,102,675|agency=Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo|website=assembly-kosova.org|language=en, sq, sr|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref><ref name=KK>{{cite web|title=Duda Balje|url=http://www.kuvendikosoves.org/?cid=2,192,1073|work=Kuvendi Kosoves|language=en, sq, sr|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> She chaired the Commission on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Missing Persons and Petitions.<ref name=KK/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.balkanmagazin.net/javno-mnjenje/cid141-186076/mina-curcic-velika-albanija-i-kosovska-zastava|title=BalkanMagazin :: Mina Ćurčić: Velika Albanija i "kosovska" zastava|work=Balkan Magazin|language=sr-Latn-CS|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> Duda Balje has continuously stated that she is against same-sex marriages on the basis that these are her personal opinions and should be understood as such.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://cel-ks.org/en/press-release/we-demand-the-dismissal-of-duda-balje-from-the-commission-for-human-rights-gender-equality-victims-of-sexual-violence-during-the-war-for-missing-persons-and-petitions/ | title=We demand the dismissal of Duda Balje from the Commission for Human Rights, Gender Equality, Victims of Sexual Violence during the War, for Missing Persons and Petitions }}</ref>
== Personal life == Balje holds a Master of Science in business economics and a Ph.D. in human resources management.<ref name=AK/>
She is married<ref name=AK/> and has three children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deputetja huton deputetët, kush është nëna e tre fëmijeve që po ndez Kuvendin e Kosovës|url=http://www.story.al/deputetja-huton-deputetet-kush-eshte-nena-e-tre-femijeve-qe-po-ndez-kuvendin-e-kosoves/|website=story.al|language=sq|date=18 April 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}.</ref>
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