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Agim Çeku <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in <\/span>Qyshk<\/span> of<\/span> Peja (<\/span>Kosovo<\/span>), a <\/span>fighter<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Kosovo<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Army<\/span>, <\/span>soldier<\/span>, <\/span>politician<\/span>. He <\/span>attended<\/span> military<\/span> high<\/span> sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span> in <\/span>Belgrade<\/span>, <\/span>whereas<\/span> he <\/span>studied<\/span> at the <\/span>Military<\/span> Academy<\/span> in <\/span>Belgrade<\/span> and<\/span> in <\/span>Za<\/span>dar<\/span>, <\/span>Croatia<\/span> (1984). He <\/span>was<\/span> a <\/span>lecturer<\/span> and<\/span> commander<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>cadet<\/span> company<\/span> at the <\/span>Military<\/span> Academy<\/span> in <\/span>Za<\/span>dar<\/span>. In 1992 he <\/span>received<\/span> the <\/span>degree<\/span> of<\/span> major. <\/span>During<\/span> the <\/span>“Xhepi i <\/span>Medakut<\/span>” (<\/span>“<\/span>Medak<\/span>’s<\/span> Pocket<\/span>“<\/span>)<\/span> operation<\/span> (1993), as a participant in the defensive <\/span>war<\/span> of<\/span> Croatia<\/span>, he <\/span>was<\/span> seriously<\/span> injured<\/span>. In 1995, he <\/span>was<\/span> appointed<\/span> chief<\/span> of<\/span> staff<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>military<\/span> district<\/span> of<\/span> Gospi\u0107<\/span>. In <\/span>February<\/span> 1999, he <\/span>was<\/span> released<\/span> from<\/span> the <\/span>Croatian<\/span> army<\/span> and<\/span> joined<\/span> the <\/span>Kosovo<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Army<\/span>. In <\/span>April<\/span> 1999, he <\/span>was<\/span> appointed<\/span> chief<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>General<\/span> Staff<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Kosovo<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Army<\/span>, <\/span>while<\/span> in <\/span>September<\/span> of<\/span> that<\/span> year<\/span>, <\/span>after<\/span> the <\/span>demilitarization<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Kosovo<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Army<\/span>, he <\/span>was<\/span> appointed<\/span> commander<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Kosovo<\/span> Defense<\/span> Forces<\/span>. <\/span>Then<\/span> he <\/span>returned<\/span> to <\/span>civilian<\/span> life<\/span> and<\/span> in 2006 <\/span>was<\/span> elected<\/span> prime <\/span>minister<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span>. <\/span>Then<\/span> he <\/span>was<\/span> the <\/span>chairman<\/span> of<\/span> the Social <\/span>Democratic<\/span> Party<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> and<\/span> the <\/span>minister<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Security<\/span> Force <\/span>of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> and<\/span>, <\/span>finally<\/span>, the <\/span>deputy<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Assembly<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> <\/span>. (In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: Agim Çeku)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> The <\/span>encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> – Vol. I <\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> and<\/span> Arts<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span>, Prishtina, 2018, page 271.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agim_%C3%<\/span>8<\/span>7eku<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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