Bekim Berisha

Bekim Berisha
Nickname(s)Šok, Abeja
Born(1966-06-15)15 June 1966
Graboc near Pejë, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
Died10 August 1998(1998-08-10) (aged 32)
Junik, FR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)
Allegiance
Service / branch
Years of service1991–1998
Rank
Battles / warsCroatian War of Independence

Bosnian War

Kosovo War

AwardsOrder of Nikola Šubić Zrinski (2)
Hero of Kosovo[1]
Order of the Croatian Cross

Bekim Berisha (Croatian: Bekim Beriša; 15 June 1966 – 10 August 1998) was a Kosovo Albanian soldier who gained prominence in the Yugoslav Wars. He served in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence. He subsequently fought in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later also in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), where he was named a general. He was killed in 1998, during the Battle of Junik, and was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Bekim Berisha (5.6.1966 – 10.8.1998)". Radio Kosova e Lirë (in Albanian). 10 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference botasot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "BEKIM BERISHA – NJEGOVA HRABROST I SMRT POSTALI SU LEGENDA". nacionalnemanjine (in Croatian). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.