Fadil Nimani | |
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Nickname(s) | "Komandant Tigri" |
Born | Gjakova, SFR Yugoslavia | 7 April 1967
Died | 25 May 2001 Vaksince, Macedonia | (aged 34)
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Years of service | 1996–2001 |
Rank | Commander |
Unit | "Rrufeja" battalion (KLA) 114 Brigade (NLA) |
Commands | Dukagjin Operational Zone (KLA) Kumanovo area (NLA) |
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Fadil Nimani[a] (7 April 1967 – 25 May 2001) was a Kosovar Albanian insurgent commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the Kosovo War and the National Liberation Army (NLA) during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, in which the Albanian population sought independence of Albanian-inhabited areas in FR Yugoslavia and Macedonia, respectively.
He was appointed commander of the 114th Brigade of the NLA, active in the Kumanovo region, and had about 150 people under his command. He was killed by Macedonian special forces in an operation during the Macedonian insurgency, on 25 May 2001. A statue has been erected by ethnic Albanian politicians and former NLA fighters at Vaksince in his honour.