Azem Vllasi | |
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| President of the League of Communists of Kosovo | |
| In office 29 April 1986 – 27 April 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Kolë Shiroka |
| Succeeded by | Kaqusha Jashari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1948 Kosovska Kamenica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (now Kamenica, Kosovo) |
| Political party | Kosovar Social Democratic (from 2004) Kosovar League of Communists (until 1989) |
| Spouse | Nadira Avdić-Vllasi |
| Profession | lawyer, politician |
Azem Vllasi (born 23 December 1948) is a Kosovo Albanian politician and lawyer. He served as the president of the presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo (LKK) from 29 April 1986 to 27 April 1988. A critic of Slobodan Milošević, Vllasi was removed from power amidst the anti-bureaucratic revolution.[1] He later became a lawyer and political consultant.
- ^ Ingrao, Charles W.; Emmert, Thomas Allan, eds. (2009). Confronting the Yugoslav controversies: a scholars' initiative. Central European studies. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue Univ. Press [u.a.] p. 278. ISBN 978-1-55753-533-7.