Mimoza Kusari-Lila was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Trade and Industry on February 23, 2011. In her capacity as Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Trade and Industry, she is responsible for coordinating crucial economic reforms envisioned on Government of Kosovo’s Economic Vision Goals 2011-2014 as well as directing the formulation of policies related to the development of trade and industry.

Before becoming the Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Trade and Industry, Mrs. Kusari – Lila run for office for the mayor of Gjakova in the elections of 2009, a highly contested municipal elections which result was challenged up to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo.

A year after, in the extra ordinary election of December 2010, Mrs. Kusari – Lila was the most voted female politician in Kosovo.