Ramush Haradinaj
| Ramush Haradinaj | |
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| 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo | |
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In office 3 December 2004 – March 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Bajram Rexhepi |
| Succeeded by | Bajram Kosumi |
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| Born |
3 July 1968 Glođane (near Dečani), SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) |
| Political party | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) |
Ramush Haradinaj (born 3 July 1968) is a Kosovo Albanian politician, a former officer and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA/UÇK), and the former Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo. He leads the AAK party.
Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia Haradinaj was the KLA commander for western Kosovo. Following the conflict, Haradinaj went into politics but soon resigned after becoming one of the KLA commanders charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with war crimes and crimes against humanity against Serbs, Romani and Albanians between March and September 1998 during the Kosovo War. He was acquitted of all charges on 3 April 2008. The prosecution appealed against the acquittal and argued that it was not given enough time to secure the testimony of two critical witnesses. In 2010 the Appeals Chamber agreed and ordered a partial retrial in The Hague, Netherlands. The re-trial took just over two years and on 29 November 2012, Haradinaj and his co-defendant were acquitted for a second time on all charges.
Haradinaj was born on 3 July 1968, as second of nine children, in the village of Glođane, near Dečani, in the Kosovo and Metohija Province that was part of the Serbia and Yugoslavia. His paternal descent is from Berishë in northern Albania, around the city of Pukë. He spent his youth in his native village with his parents and siblings, and completed primary school in Rznić (Irzniq) and secondary school in Dečani (Deçan) and Đakovica (Gjakova). After graduating from high school in 1987, he did his mandatory military service in the Yugoslav People's Army, where he later be promoted to platoon commander. After the Kosovo War, Haradinaj attended law school at the University of Pristina. Haradinaj also earned a master's degree in business from the American University of Kosovo, which is associated with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state.
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