Fatmir Limaj

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Fatmir Limaj (born February 4, 1971 in Banja near Mališevo , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Kosovar politician and party leader of the Nisma Social Democrats . It is internationally controversial because of suspected criminal activities.

Political career

Fatmir Limaj studied law until 1994. During the Kosovo War he was the commander of the UÇK and was known in the paramilitary organization by the name of Çeliku (The Steel Man) . After the war he joined the Democratic Party of Kosovo , where many former KLA members joined.

Limaj has been a member of the parliament of the Republic of Kosovo since 2001 - with one interruption between 2004 and 2007.

Between 2008 and 2010 he headed the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications in the government cabinet of Hashim Thaçi ( PDK ). In addition, he held various high offices in the PDK.

War crimes suspected

Limaj was under house arrest on suspicion of war crimes in the village of Klečka during the Kosovo war in 1998/99. In 2007 he was acquitted by the UN tribunal in The Hague because no witnesses were found willing to testify against him.

The trial against Limaj and nine co-defendants began on November 11, 2011 in Pristina . On November 8, at the request of the defense, Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi , whose close colleague was Limaj, was questioned by officials from the European Union's Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX).

On May 2, 2012, the Pristina District Court acquitted Fatmir Limaj on all charges. The key witness, known as “Witness X”, who had heavily incriminated Limaj with the accusation that he had mistreated and brutally killed Serbs and Kosovar-Albanian “collaborators” captured in the village of Klečka in central Kosovo during the Kosovo conflict in 1998/1999, was Found dead in Germany in 2011 and revealed his identity. While EULEX initially announced that his statement would remain valid, the judgment of May 2, 2012, with reference to a decision of March 21, 2012, announced that the court had classified it as inadmissible. On November 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of Kosovo decided to overturn the first-instance judgment and refer it back to the Pristina District Court for renegotiation.

Suspicion of corruption and bribery

EULEX has been investigating Fatmir Limaj since April 2010 for allegations of corruption and bribery. On November 16, 2012, the special public prosecutor's office filed an indictment u at the District Court of Pristina. a. against Fatmir Limaj in the "MTPT No. 1" case. He is accused of corruption and organized crime. On July 29, 2013, the district court in Pristina, chaired by an EULEX judge, admitted the majority of the charges against Fatmir Limaj to the main hearing. These include the allegations of organized crime, presumption of authority and the failure to declare election donations.

On March 20, 2013, Fatmir Limaj was questioned by the Special Prosecutor in the "MTPT No. 2" case. It is also said to be about corruption allegations against Fatmir Limaj and his bodyguard Shpejtim Telaku. The proceedings are currently under investigation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the mysterious death of witness X. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved October 4, 2011 .
  2. ^ War Crimes Trial in Kosovo. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 11, 2011, accessed November 11, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eulex-kosovo.eu
  4. ↑ a b War crimes in Kosovo - On the mysterious death of witness X ( Memento from May 24, 2013 on WebCite ) , Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 4, 2011, by Enver Robelli, archived from the original on May 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Ruling, P. 425/11, Klecka case, Witness X redacted, March 21, 2012 ( Memento of May 24, 2013 on WebCite ) (English, PDF). District Court of Prishtine / Pristinas, Case No. P 425/11, Ruling, March 21, 2012, archived from the original ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.5 MB) on May 24, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eulex-kosovo.eu
  6. ↑ Judgment, P. 425/11, Klecka case, 2 May 2012 ( Memento of 24 May 2013 Webcite ) (English, PDF). District Court of Prishtine / Pristinas, Case No. P 425/11, Judgment, May 2, 2012, p. 29, archived from the original ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 918 kB) on May 24, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eulex-kosovo.eu
  7. ↑ http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_19752-1522-1-30.pdf?100601162439
personal data
SURNAME Limaj, Fatmir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kosovar politician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Banja, Malisheva , Kosovo