Information AboutRamush Haradinaj |
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Ramush Haradinaj (born on July 3 1968 in village Gllogjan near Deçan, Kosovo ) is a former Guerrilla leader and prime minister of Kosovo, currently awaiting trial for war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia in The Hague . After the demonstrations of Kosovo Albanians in 1989 , he emigrated to Switzerland , where he got recruited into the National Movement of Kosovo, from which originated Kosovo Liberation Army . While in Switzerland, he worked as a nightclub bouncer and studied martial arts. He finished training in Albania in 1996 , and he took part in organizing camps in cities Kukës and Tropojë . He often went to Kosovo illegaly, and permanently returned in mid 1997 , when he with brothers Daut and Shkëlzen organized attacks on serbian police across Dukagjin. In April 1998 , he became one of the regional leaders of UÇK ( Kosovo Liberation Army ). After official dismissal and demilitarization of UÇK at the beginning of 2000 , Kosovo Protection Corps was formed. In this new army, Haradinaj was a deputy commander, under Agim Ceku . He retired from this post in April 11, 2000, and announced entering politics. He founded a party named Alliance For The Future Of Kosovo (AFK), on April 29 , 2000 and was elected as a president of the party. After all that he has done in Kosovo , he is considered as a national Hero by Kosovo Albanians, even though he has been indicted for War Crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia , at The Hague , for his actions while regional commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army. On December 2004 , he was elected as a Prime Minister of Kosovo, at the dismay of Serbian officials, where he won by a vote of 72 to 3. This was despite misgivings by the EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana , suggesting someone who may have to go to The Hague "may not be the most appropriate person". Eventually, Ramush chose to step down from his position as Prime Minister and turned himself into the Hague In March 2006, although indicted by the ICTY for war crimes, he was granted the right to make public appearnances for his party as long as he receivs permission from UNMIK. His trial will likely begin in 2007. Ramush Haradinaj has five brothers. Two of them, Luan and Shkelzen, were killed as officers of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the fights with the Serbia n security forces. His brother Daut Haradinaj is serving a five year sentence in Kosovo for unlawful killings of fellow Albanians during the Kosovo War of 1999. His brother Enver has been killed in what appears to be a mafia style assassination in April of 2005. The youngest brother Frasher was still a secondary school student as of 2005. SEE ALSO |
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