The National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo ( sq, Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës, LKÇK) was a

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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

during the 90s, as well as a

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after 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 ...

History

The party was founded as an underground movement on 25 May 1993 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 ...

by a faction of the dissident Marxist-Leninist organization

People's Movement of Kosovo The People's Movement of Kosovo () was a political party in Kosovo active after the Kosovo War, having originally been founded as a political movement of Albanian nationalists in 1982. Despite participating in several elections in autonomous Kos ...

(LPK), the founding base 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) guerilla movement. It would derive its name from one of the main core

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organizations that formed LPK, National-Liberation Movement of Kosovo and other Albanian Regions ( sq, Lëvizja Nacional-Çlirimtare e Kosovës dhe të Viseve tjetra Shqiptare në Jugosllavi, LNÇKVSHJ), founded in February 1978 by Metush Krasniqi, Jusuf Gërvalla and Sabri Novosella. Just like LPK, the LKCK faction advocated the concept of Natural Albania and military action against the Milošević administration, but contrary to the pacifist policies of the dominant

Democratic League of Kosovo The Democratic League of Kosovo ( sq, Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës, LDK) is the oldest and one of the largest political parties in Kosovo. At the legislative elections held on 24 October 2004 the party won 45.4% of the popular vote and 47 out ...

(LDK) and what it perceived as similar tendencies to moderation inside the LPK.
After

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Avni Klinaku Avni Klinaku is a Kosovar Albanian politician and nationalist. Biography Avni Klinaku was born on March 25, 1965, in the village of Mazgit, Obiliq, at the time SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He finished the technical high school in Pristina ...

by Yugoslavian authorities, Bahri Fazliu would take charge as the leader. Fazliu would join

during the

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and fall on May 7, 1998, somewhere in the former border between

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and Yugoslavian Federation. He would later receive the title "

Hero of Kosovo Hero of Kosovo ( sq, Urdhri Hero i Kosovës) is an official Orders, decorations, and medals of Kosovo, order in Kosovo. It is awarded by the President of Kosovo. Award "Hero of Kosovo" is a state decoration given to historical figures of Kosov ...

" ( sq, "Hero i Kosovës").

Political Party

The LKCK was initially part of the

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, despite the latter's centre-right political position. At the

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held on 24 October 2004, the party boycotted the elections. As one of the most radical political organizations in Kosovo, the party opposed the Ahtisaari plan and the current presence of the

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and

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in the region, advocating total independence for Kosovo. The party, together with a number of its former leaders, is blacklisted by the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Aftermath

LKCK would later transform into Movement for Integration and Unification, ( sq, Lëvizja për Integrim dhe Bashkim, LIB), with Smajl Latifi as a leader followed by Fadil Fazliu after his resignation, and

Movement for Unification The Movement for Unification ( sq, Lëvizja për Bashkim, ''LB'') is a political party in Kosovo. Its main goal is unification of Kosovo and all other former Yugoslavian territories populated by Albanians to Albania. Its leader is Avni Klinaku, ...

( sq, Lëvizja për Bashkim, LB) of Avni Klinaku, until in May 2011 when two parties merged in one, going on with the

name.

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{{Kosovo political parties , state=expanded Albanian nationalism in Kosovo Albanian nationalist parties Defunct political parties in Kosovo Hoxhaist parties Left-wing nationalist parties Politics of Kosovo Political organizations based in Kosovo Socialist parties in Kosovo

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Aftermath

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