Agron Limani is a

Kosovo-Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo ( sq, Shqiptarët e Kosovës, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovar/Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars/Kosovans, constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-gr ...

politician and former commander of the KLA.

Early life

Agron Limani was born on 15 December 1966 in Krusha e Vogël, when at the time it was part of

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. In 1986, he was admitted to the Faculty of Engineering at the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the K ...

and finished it in 1991. From 1993 to 2005, he worked as a professor of physics in the Gymnasium "Gjon Buzuku" in Prizren. From 2005 to 2006, he also worked as an engineer at "M& Sillosi".

Kosovo War

Following the outbreak of the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...

, Limani was appointed as commander in the 124th Brigade of the KLA. Limani was also a victim of the Krusha massacres, and he would later appear in the

Kosovo Specialist Chambers The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office (KSC & SPO) is a court of Kosovo, located in The Hague (Netherlands), hosting four ''Specialist Chambers'' and the ''Specialist Prosecutors Office'', which may perform their activi ...

as a witness. Limani also lead the association for missing persons "March 26", who says that it is necessary for the current law to restore the former pension scheme for the families of the missing.

Political career

Following the war, Limani would become an activist of the left-wing Lëvizja Vetëvendosje movement. He would be appointed Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of

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in July 2020. He would hold the office for just over 1 year, following the

2021 Kosovan local elections Local elections were held in Kosovo on 17 October 2021. Only 17 municipalities elected a mayor in the first round, and 21 will vote again on 14 November 2021. In Hani i Elezit, the election was seriously hampered by election fraud, and a second ...

, the PDK party would win in Prizren.

References

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