Agim Ramadani (3 May 1963 – 11 April 1999) also known with nickname Katana, was an

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

commander of the

Kosovo Liberation Army The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the ...

(KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was killed in action during the

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. After his death, he was given the decoration

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Biography

Agim Ramadani was born on 3 May

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

in the village of Žegra in the municipality of

Gnjilane Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

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. He studied at the higher technical school in Gnjilane in 1980, and the Military Academy for communications in

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. 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 The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugos ...

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) lived, and joined the

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He died at the

Legacy

Agim is regarded an Albanian hero. A main street in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

is named after him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramadani, Agim 1963 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Albanian writers Albanian nationalists in Kosovo Kosovo Liberation Army soldiers People from Gjilan Albanian-language writers Albanian male writers Albanian expatriates in Switzerland 20th-century Albanian military personnel Yugoslav people of Albanian descent Albanian artists 20th-century male writers