Agim Çeku
Agim Çeku (Serbo-Croatian: Agim Čeku, born 29 October 1960), also known by the Croatians as the nickname Commander Scorched Earth, is a Kosovo Albanian politician, the former minister of Security Forces in Kosovo and formerly the prime minister. Of military background, he was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) that fought against Serbian rule in 1998–1999, earlier being a commander in the Croatian War of Independence in the Croatian Army.
Agim Çeku | |
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Çeku in 2006 | |
| Minister of the Kosovo Security Force | |
| In office 22 February 2011 – 9 December 2014 | |
| President | Hashim Thaçi |
| Prime Minister | Isa Mustafa |
| Preceded by | Fehmi Mujota |
| Succeeded by | Haki Demolli |
| 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo | |
| In office 10 March 2006 – 9 January 2008 | |
| President | Fatmir Sejdiu |
| Preceded by | Bajram Kosumi |
| Succeeded by | Hashim Thaçi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1960 Ćuška, Kosovo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) |
| Political party | None as PM (sponsored by AAK) PSDK Today PDK after PM term |
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| Nickname | Commander Scorched Earth(named by the Croats) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yugoslavia (until 1991) Croatia Republic of Kosova Kosovo |
| Branch/service | Yugoslav People's Army Croatian Army Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK) Kosovo Protection Corps (TMK) Kosovo Security Force (FSK) |
| Rank | Military Commander |
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Çeku is an ethnic Albanian who served as an officer in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence and was military commander of the KLA during the 1998–1999 Kosovo War, and then commanded the Kosovo Protection Corps under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.