Adem Jashari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army
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Place of Birth: Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo
About Adem Jashari
- {{Infobox military person | name = Adem Jashari | image = Adem Jashari 2008 stamp of Albania.jpg | caption = Jashari on a 2008 stamp of Albania | birth_name = Fazli Jashari | birth_date = (1955-11-28)28 November 1955 | death_date = 7 March 1998(1998-03-07) (aged 42) | birth_place = Prekaz, [[Autonomous Region of Kosovo)) | death_place = Prekaz, | placeofburial = Adem Jashari Memorial, Prekaz, Kosovo | allegiance = Kosovo Liberation Army | serviceyears = 1991–1998 | rank = Commander | commands = Kosovo Liberation Army | battles = Kosovo War: • Attack on Prekaz †| awards = Hero of Kosovo | memorials = Memorial Complex Adem Jashari | spouse = Adilje Jashari | children = Kushtrim Jashari | relations = Hamëz Jashari (brother) }} Adem Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist organization which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s and the eventual creation of a Greater Albania.Beginning in 1991, Jashari participated in attacks against the Serbian police before travelling to Albania to receive military training.
- Arrested in 1993, he was released at the behest of the Albanian Army and later returned to Kosovo, where he continued launching attacks against the Yugoslav establishment.
- In July 1997, he was convicted of terrorism in absentia by a Yugoslav court.
- After several unsuccessful attempts to capture or kill him, Serbian police launched an attack against Jashari's home in Prekaz in March 1998.
- The battle that followed resulted in the deaths of 58 members of Jashari's family, including that of Jashari, his wife, brother and son. Seen as the "father of the KLA", Jashari is considered a symbol of Kosovar independence by ethnic Albanians.
- He was posthumously awarded with the title "Hero of Kosovo" following the disputed territory's declaration of independence in 2008.
- The National Theatre in Pristina, Pristina International Airport and the Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari have been named after him.
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