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Vdes gruaja e fatmir limaj biography
Fatmir Limaj
Kosovar politician
Fatmir Limaj (born 4 February 1971), is a Kosovo-Albanian politician. He is the leader of Nisma Socialdemokrate. Limaj served as Minister of Transport and Telecommunication in the government of the Republic of Kosovo.
He was known as "Çeliku" during the Yugoslav wars.
Fatmir limaj biography
Biography
Limaj was born in the village of Banje, in the municipality of Suva Reka, Kosovo, (then Yugoslavia).[1] His family is alleged to descend from the Thaçi tribe (fis), a claim that was made by Hashim Thaçi, a member of the tribe and the former Prime Minister of Kosovo, during an interview on the Albanian show "Oxygen".[2] During the 1999 Kosovo War, Limaj was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), in the Llapushnik area.
He took part in the Battle of Llapusnik as a commander. His alias was Çeliku.[1]
After the war he was one of the founders of what is now Kosovo's largest political party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo.