Radivoje Papović ( sr-Cyrl, Радивоје Паповић) was the
Rector of the
University of Pristina, in
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
, 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
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academic staff of the University of Pristina
Rectors of universities in Kosovo
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