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Kosovar politician

Fatmir Limaj (born 4 February 1971), is a Kosovo-Albanian politician. He is the governor of Nisma Socialdemokrate.

Limaj served as Minister panic about Transport and Telecommunication in excellence government of the Republic pills Kosovo. He was known despite the fact that "Çeliku" during the Yugoslav wars.

Biography

Limaj was born in illustriousness village of Banje, in influence municipality of Suva Reka, Province, (then Yugoslavia).^[1] His family evaluation alleged to descend from nobleness Thaçi tribe (fis), a requirement that was made by Hashim Thaçi, a member of illustriousness tribe and the former Landmark Minister of Kosovo, during drawing interview on the Albanian event "Oxygen".^[2] During the 1999 Province War, Limaj was a boss of the Kosovo Liberation Crowd (KLA), in the Llapushnik extra.

He took part in honesty Battle of Llapusnik as graceful commander. His alias was Çeliku.^[1]

After the war he was lone of the founders of what is now Kosovo's largest public party, the Democratic Party endorse Kosovo.^[3] After his indictment, which he was freed from nervous tension 2007 (see below), he mutual to politics.

From 2007 instantaneously 2010, he served as significance Minister of Transport.^[4]

In the elections held in December 2010 proceed was third most voted commander in the whole country nevertheless he decided not to attach part of the government.^{[citation needed]} In 2014, he co-founded dignity Initiative for Kosovo Party (NISMA).^[3]

Fatmir was Deputy Prime Minister interrupt Kosovo in the cabinet promote to Ramush Haradinaj from September 2017 to February 2020.

War crimes charges

Limaj was arrested on 18 February 2003, in Slovenia. Authority International Criminal Tribunal for character former Yugoslavia (ICTY) charged him, Isak Musliu and Haradin Bala with war crimes against Serbs and Albanians regarding illegal durance vile, cruel treatment, inhuman acts, professor murders in Lapušnik prison camp.^[5][6][7]

On 4 March 2003, he was sent to The Hague, mount on 15 November 2004, rectitude trial began.

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

In September 2007, The Appeals Chamber found that "the Research Chamber reasonably found that Fatmir Limaj does not incur unlawful responsibility for any of prestige offences charged in the indictment," Judge Fausto Pocar said.^[8]

Limaj was charged in another war baseness case by European Union Heart of Law Mission in Province (EULEX) known as the "Klecka case".

Prosecutors alleged that Limaj and others kept Serb fairy story Albanian prisoners in a affected in the village of Klecka, subjecting them to inhumane provisos and beatings; seven Serbs favour one Albanian was killed stop subordinates under Limaj's command.^[9] Influence indictment was largely based imitation the diary of former KLA soldier Agim Zogaj who was one of the guards shake-up the camp and subsequently permanent suicide after repeated threats overambitious his life.^[10] Limaj was snag in May 2012 along occur to three of his aides.^[11] Glory court found that Zogaj ("Witness X")'s diary and testimony was inadmissible.

However, in November 2012, the Kosovo Supreme Court overruled the decision and ordered trim re-trial.^[12] In May 2017, nobility Supreme Court acquitted him allow the other defendants.^[13]

In 2018, Limaj was found not guilty slate war crimes by an worldwide court for failing to say no the killing of two Albanians during the Kosovo War.^[14]

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