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Roster of Key Individuals
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189 roster of key individuals Afrim Ademi Youngster who wished he had fought with KLA; later, a devoted assistant to Ramush Haradinaj Fehmi Agani Leader of theoretical wing of LDK; assassinated by Serbs Ali Ahmeti Member of KLA General Staff Ramiz Alia Socialist Party leader of Republic of Albania after Hoxha died; sympathetic to KLA Louise Arbour ICTY prosecutor Arkan Zeljko Raznatovic; leader of Serb paramilitary forces in Kosovo Dino Asanaj U.S. political adviser and lobbyist for KLA and PDK Arxhient Bajraktari KLA fighter in Drenica Harry Bajraktari U.S. businessman and lobbyist for Kosovar Albanians; organizer and fund raiser for LDK Besim Beqaj Economic adviser to Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi and PDK leader Sandy Berger National security adviser to President Clinton Kolë Berisha Became speaker of Kosovo Assembly in 2006 Sali Berisha President of Albania; adherent of LDK and opponent of KLA Kurt Bexheti KLA fund raiser in Chicago Tony Blair Prime minister of Great Britain from 1997 until 2007 Luftar Braha KLA soldier in Dukagjini Josip Broz See Tito Bujar Bukoshi Prime minister of Government in Exile; organizer of Three-Percent Fund; resisted KLA demands for money; organized FARK 190 Key Individuals Greg Campbell Freelance reporter Agim Çeku Last KLA chief of staff; became prime minister of PISG in 2006 Wesley Clark NATO commander during NATO intervention in Kosovo Michael Collins Organizer of IRA Nexhat Daci LDK speaker of PISG Assembly; deposed in 2006 Adem Demaçi Kosovar Albanian political prisoner and resistance hero; political spokesperson for KLA; opposed KLA participation in Rambouillet Conference Gani Demaj KLA fighter Freddie Myzafer Mehmeti; leader of KLA fund raising in Chicago Dritton Gashi KLA soldier; trained in Drenica and Pashtrik; fought for Remi Jusuf Gërvalla Early Kosovar Albanian nationalist; assassinated in Germany in 1982 Agim Gjinali Swiss fund raiser and contributor to KLA Luigj Gjokaj Headed KLA fund raising in Detroit Dritan Gjonbalaj KLA fighter David Grange U.S. Army major general responsible, as commander of the First Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, for planning possible NATO ground invasion of Kosovo Lirim Greiçevci Youngster who organized earliest access by Western press to civilian displaced persons in Kosovo; later assistant to Hashim Thaçi Professor Zejnullah Gruda University of Prishtina law professor who instructed KLA trainees on law of war Che Guevara Cuban guerrilla fighter and theorist Xhavit Haliti Leader of Planners in Exile; controlled Homeland Calls Fund; member of KLA General Staff Ramush Haradinaj KLA zone commander in Dukagjini; later prime minister of PISG; indicted by ICTY Nait Hasani KLA leader who moved around Kosovo, tying together Planners in Exile with Defenders at Home [3.145.183.127] Project MUSE (2024-04-18 00:59 GMT) Key Individuals 191 Richard Holbrooke U.S. ambassador who mediated Dayton Accords and brokered October 1998 cease fire in Kosovo Mensur Hoti KLA commander in Llapi Enver Hoxha Dictator of Communist regime in Albania Adem Jashari Early organizer of armed resistance in Drenica regarded by many as the “father of the KLA”; killed in Serb attack on his family compound in March 1998 Fatos Klosi Head of Albanian intelligence service who helped move weapons for KLA through Albania Bajram Kosumi Designated by Ramush Haradinaj to succeed him as prime minister of PISG; deposed by Haradinaj in 2006 Jakup Krasniqi Public spokesman for KLA; former LDK regional president who surreptitiously organized for KLA Safet Krasniqi KLA soldier in Drenica Hajredin Kuqi Confidant of Hashim Thaçi; law professor at University of Prishtina; member of PDK presidency Albin Kurti Wartime spokesperson for KLA; political prisoner; organizer of “Self Determination!” (Vetëvendosje ) Liridon Ladifi Youngster in Gjilane who was never tempted to join KLA General Kulusi Lama Albanian Army general who facilitated movement of KLA arms through Albania Fatmir Limaj KLA commander in Drenica; acquitted of war crimes charged by ICTY; leader of PDK Arben Limani Youngster whose family was expelled to Macedonia during ethnic cleansing campaign Sami Lushtaku KLA commander in Drenica Gjok Martini Organizer of Albanian Americans in Detroit Myzafer Mehmeti “Freddie”; leader of KLA fund raising in Chicago Slobodan Milosevic Serbian strongman; orchestrated wars in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo Valon Murati Leader of LKÇK; KLA soldier 192 Key Individuals Rrustem Mustafa (“Commander Remi”) Commander of KLA in Llapi Zone; sentenced for war crimes; conviction reversed on appeal Fatos Nano Socialist Party prime minister of Albania; supporter of KLA William L. Nash Retired U.S. Army major general; UNMIK administrator in Kosovo Zahir Pajaziti Early organizer of armed resistance in...