Born in Medare village near Podujevo on the administrative border between Kosovo and Serbia, Rada Trajkovic was educated at the Faculty of Medicine in Pristina.She began working at the Pristina Clinical Center where she became head of the otorinolaringology ward.Until November 1998, she was one of the top leaders of the Serb Radical Party and the Serbian Minister of Family and Child Care.After the bombing, she served as a member of the Interim Administrative Council of Kosovo until the parliamentary elections in October 2001.Balkan Times contributor Boris Milicevic questioned the 48-year-old coalition leader about her politics, Kosovo's current challenges and the way ahead for Ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the region.
Počela je da radi na kliničkom centru u Prištini, gde je postala šef odeljenja za otorinolaringologiju. Do novembra 1998 godine, Rada Trajković bila je jedna od vođa Srpske radikalne stranke i srpski ministar za brigu o deci i porodici. Posle bombardovanja, bila je član Privremenog administrativnog saveta Kosova, sve do parlamentarnih izbora u oktobru 2001. Saradnik Balkan Tajmsa Boris Milićević razgovarao je sa 48-godišnjom političarkom o njenoj politici, izazovima koji stoje pred Kosovom i načinu da etnički Albanci i Srbi na Kosovu krenu napred.