Agim Ramadani

Agim Ramadani
Agim Ramadani
	Monument of Agim Ramadani
Born	3 May 1963; Žegra, Gnjilane, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	11 April 1999; Košare, FR Yugoslavia
Rank	Commander
Unit	138 Brigade
Commands	Kosovo Liberation Army
Battles/wars	Kosovo War ; Battle of Košare
Awards	Hero of Kosovo (posthumously)

Agim Ramadani (3 May 1963 – 11 April 1999) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was killed in action.

Biography

Agim Ramadani^[a] was born in the village of Žegra (Albanian: Zhegër) in the municipality of Gnjilane (Gjilan) in AP Kosovo. He studied at the higher technical school in Gnjilane in 1980, and the Military Academy for communications in Zagreb, SR Croatia. Poetry and painting were his passions during high school. His poetry was published in literary magazines, whereas painting exhibitions were organized in Croatia, where he worked as a JNA officer, and in Switzerland, where lived after the Croatian War broke out. In 1998 Ramadani accepted honorary membership at the European Academy of Arts.

In 1998, Ramadani left Switzerland, where his wife and three children (two sons and a daughter^[2]) lived, and joined the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).^[3] He fell at the Battle of Košare.

Legacy

Agim is regarded an Albanian hero.^[4] A main street in Pristina is named after him.^[5]

Notes

a.	^ Albanian spelling: Agim Ramadani, Serbian Cyrillic: Агим Рамадани.
b.	^ Template:Kosovo-note

References

^ http://kryeministri-ks.net/?page=2,9,3479. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ albanian history Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ Agim Ramadani Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ The exhibit of a hero, Berisha: Agim Ramadani, an eminent patriot, AS TV, November 14, 2012, archived from the original on November 10, 2013, retrieved 2013-11-09 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Të premten mbyllet pjesërisht për qarkullim rruga "Agim Ramadani" ["Agim Ramadani" street will be partly closed for circulation on Friday] (in Albanian), Municipality of Prishtina, 2013-09-25, retrieved 2013-10-07

Sources

John Oppenheim; Willem-Jan van der Wolf; Global Law Association. Global war crimes tribunal collection. Global Law Association.

[1] ttp://kryeministri-ks.net/?page=2,9,3479. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] story Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine

[Ramadani-3] Agim Ramadani Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine

[4] The exhibit of a hero, Berisha: Agim Ramadani, an eminent patriot, AS TV, November 14, 2012, archived from the original on November 10, 2013, retrieved 2013-11-09 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] Të premten mbyllet pjesërisht për qarkullim rruga "Agim Ramadani" ["Agim Ramadani" street will be partly closed for circulation on Friday] (in Albanian), Municipality of Prishtina, 2013-09-25, retrieved 2013-10-07

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