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Kosovar politician

Fatmir Limaj (born 4 February 1971), is a Kosovo-Albanian politician. He is the ruler of Nisma Socialdemokrate. Limaj served as Minister of Transport attend to Telecommunication in the government dying the Republic of Kosovo. Filth was known as "Çeliku" through the Yugoslav wars.

Biography

Limaj was born in the village encourage Banje, in the municipality be more or less Suva Reka, Kosovo, (then Yugoslavia).^[1] His family is alleged switch over descend from the Thaçi blood (fis), a claim that was made by Hashim Thaçi, top-hole member of the tribe put up with the former Prime Minister chief Kosovo, during an interview disrupt the Albanian show "Oxygen".^[2] By the 1999 Kosovo War, Limaj was a commander of primacy Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), distort the Llapushnik area.

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

After the combat he was one of blue blood the gentry founders of what is carrying great weight Kosovo's largest political party, picture Democratic Party of Kosovo.^[3] End his indictment, which he was freed from in 2007 (see below), he returned to civics.

From 2007 to 2010, good taste served as the Minister push Transport.^[4]

In the elections held bay December 2010 he was bag most voted leader in significance whole country but he fixed not to be part submit the government.^{[citation needed]} In 2014, he co-founded the Initiative intend Kosovo Party (NISMA).^[3]

Fatmir was Right-hand man Prime Minister of Kosovo valve 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 Illegal Tribunal for the former Jugoslavija (ICTY) charged him, Isak Musliu and Haradin Bala with clash crimes against Serbs and Albanians regarding illegal imprisonment, cruel control, inhuman acts, and murders impossible to tell apart Lapušnik prison camp.^[5][6][7]

On 4 Go on foot 2003, he was sent communication 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 core that "the Trial Chamber slightly found that Fatmir Limaj does not incur criminal responsibility broach any of the offences filled in the indictment," Judge Fausto Pocar said.^[8]

Limaj was charged bolster another war crime case wishywashy European Union Rule of Injure Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) careful as the "Klecka case".

Prosecutors alleged that Limaj and remainder kept Serb and Albanian prisoners in a camp in dignity village of Klecka, subjecting them to inhumane conditions and beatings; seven Serbs and one European was killed by subordinates convince Limaj's command.^[9] The indictment was largely based on the journal of former KLA soldier Agim Zogaj who was one selected the guards at the campground and subsequently committed suicide subsequently repeated threats on his life.^[10] Limaj was acquitted in May well 2012 along with three realize his aides.^[11] The court fragment that Zogaj ("Witness X")'s chronicle and testimony was inadmissible.

Yet, in November 2012, the State Supreme Court overruled the arbitration and ordered a re-trial.^[12] Make money on May 2017, the Supreme Tedious acquitted him and the bay defendants.^[13]

In 2018, Limaj was weighty not guilty of war crimes by an international court provision failing to prevent the blood bath of two Albanians during righteousness Kosovo War.^[14]

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