Avni Klinaku is a Kosovar Albanian politician and nationalist.
Avni Klinaku was born in March 25, 1965 in the village of Mazgit, Obiliq, (Albanian: Vushtrri), SFR Yugoslavia. He finished the "Miladin Popović" (now "Gjin Gazulli") technical high school in Prishtina.
His political career started in 1982, as a People's Movement of Kosovo member, until 1984. He was arrested in 1984 by Yugoslavian authorities and imprisoned till 1989. In 1993, he co-founded NMLK (Albanian: Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës, LKÇK), and was its leader until 1997, before getting arrested again and imprisoned until 2001.
Since 2007, he has served as the leader of the Movement for Unification (Albanian: Lëvizja për Bashkim, LB), a nationalist party in Kosovo, opposing the Ahtisaari Plan and seeking reunification with Albania; he is currently in his second term.