Agim Ramadani
Agim Ramadani was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was killed in action.Biography
Agim Ramadani was born in the village of Žegra in the municipality of Gnjilane in AP Kosovo. He studied at the higher technical school in Gnjilane in 1980, and the Military Academy for communications in Zagreb, SR Croatia. Poetry and painting were his passions during high school. His poetry was published in literary magazines, whereas painting exhibitions were organized in Croatia, where he worked as a JNA officer, and in Switzerland, where lived after the Croatian War broke out. In 1998 Ramadani accepted honorary membership at the European Academy of Arts.
In 1998, Ramadani left Switzerland, where his wife and three children lived, and joined the Kosovo Liberation Army. He fell at the Battle of Košare.Legacy
Agim is regarded an Albanian hero. A main street in Pristina is named after him.
