Radivoje Papović ( sr-cyr, Радивоје Паповић) was the
Rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
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of 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 ...
, in
Kosovo
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, for most time part of
Yugoslavia
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, during the 1991–1998, and 2004–2006 periods.
On 16 January 1997, he was seriously injured in a
car bomb attack blamed on the
Kosovo Liberation Army. A KLA member,
Nait Hasani, was convicted of the bombing and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment. He was released from his jail in Serbia in March 2002.
Hasani: Toward independence with the KPC (Koha Ditore)
, UNMIK Local Media Monitoring, 27 March 2002
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academic staff of the University of Pristina
Rectors of universities in Kosovo
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