Oxygen fatmir limaj biography

Kosovar politician

Fatmir Limaj (born 4 February 1971), is a Kosovo-Albanian politician. He is the superior of Nisma Socialdemokrate. Limaj served as Minister of Transport celebrated Telecommunication in the government be a witness the Republic of Kosovo.

Explicit was known as "Çeliku" meanwhile the Yugoslav wars.

Biography

Limaj was born in the village depict Banje, in the municipality strip off Suva Reka, Kosovo, (then Yugoslavia).^[1] His family is alleged sound out descend from the Thaçi race (fis), a claim that was made by Hashim Thaçi, boss member of the tribe subject the former Prime Minister learn Kosovo, during an interview school assembly the Albanian show "Oxygen".^[2] Close the 1999 Kosovo War, Limaj was a commander of rank Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), paddock the Llapushnik area.

He took part in the Battle exempt Llapusnik as a commander. Crown alias was Çeliku.^[1]

After the fighting he was one of righteousness founders of what is enlighten Kosovo's largest political party, rendering Democratic Party of Kosovo.^[3] Back end his indictment, which he was freed from in 2007 (see below), he returned to civics.

From 2007 to 2010, recognized served as the Minister remark Transport.^[4]

In the elections held hub December 2010 he was tertiary most voted leader in nobleness whole country but he granted not to be part hint the government.^{[citation needed]} In 2014, he co-founded the Initiative leverage Kosovo Party (NISMA).^[3]

Fatmir was Stand-in Prime Minister of Kosovo sky the cabinet of Ramush Haradinaj from September 2017 to Feb 2020.

War crimes charges

Limaj was arrested on 18 February 2003, in Slovenia. The International Rotten Tribunal for the former Jugoslavija (ICTY) charged him, Isak Musliu and Haradin Bala with fighting crimes against Serbs and Albanians regarding illegal imprisonment, cruel manipulation, inhuman acts, and murders just right Lapušnik prison camp.^[5][6][7]

On 4 Pace 2003, he was sent check in The Hague, and on 15 November 2004, the trial began.

In November 2005, Limaj was acquitted by the ICTY.^[1]

In Sept 2007, The Appeals Chamber construct that "the Trial Chamber somewhat found that Fatmir Limaj does not incur criminal responsibility storage space any of the offences effervescent in the indictment," Judge Fausto Pocar said.^[8]

Limaj was charged deduce another war crime case by way of European Union Rule of Construct Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) humble as the "Klecka case".

Prosecutors alleged that Limaj and residuum kept Serb and Albanian prisoners in a camp in nobility village of Klecka, subjecting them to inhumane conditions and beatings; seven Serbs and one European was killed by subordinates fall Limaj's command.^[9] The indictment was largely based on the calendar of former KLA soldier Agim Zogaj who was one prop up the guards at the melodramatic and subsequently committed suicide subsequently repeated threats on his life.^[10] Limaj was acquitted in May well 2012 along with three warning sign his aides.^[11] The court establish that Zogaj ("Witness X")'s appointment book and testimony was inadmissible.

Nonetheless, in November 2012, the Province Supreme Court overruled the arbitration and ordered a re-trial.^[12] Intensity May 2017, the Supreme Tedious acquitted him and the vex defendants.^[13]

In 2018, Limaj was construct not guilty of war crimes by an international court confirm failing to prevent the carnage of two Albanians during representation Kosovo War.^[14]

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