Behgjet Isa Pacolli (born 30 August 1951; Albanian pronunciation: [b?h'??t pä't?so:??]) is a Kosovo, politician who is serving as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Pacolli is a former President of the Kosovo, and previously served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo between 2011 and 2014.
Pacolli was one of the signatories of 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence.
He is the major shareholder of Mabetex Group, a Swiss-based construction and civil-engineering company.
Pacolli is also the President of the third biggest political party in Kosovo the New Kosovo Alliance.
He is believed to be the world's richest ethnic Albanian.As a young man, Pacolli contacted companies throughout Austria and Germany seeking work and soon after finishing his military service, he joined an Austrian company, for which he worked as a sales representative for ex-Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Poland and Russia.
Two years later, he moved to Switzerland and joined a Swiss company he had gotten to know in Moscow.