Ali Ahmeti
Terrorist
Incumbent
Assumed office  It was formed immidietly after the war in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001 between the National Liberation Army (NLA) and the Macedonian Security Forces
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Political party	BDI
Religion	Muslim

Ali Ahmeti (Macedonian: Али Ахмети) (born January 4, 1959 in the village of Zajas, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia) is the political leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (Albanian: Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim), an opposition political party in Republic of Macedonia. Ali Ahmeti is also known as the political leader for the former Albanian National Liberation Army in the Macedonian Conflict in 2001. DUI symbol The Democratic Union for Integration (Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim, BDI, Demokratska Unija za Integracija, DUI) is the largest political party in the Republic of Macedonia among ethnic Albanians, and the third largest political party in all of Macedonia. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zajas (Macedonian Cyrillic: Зајас) is a village in Republic of Macedonia. ... Flag of Socialist Republic of Macedonia Coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалистичка Република Македонија), formerly the Peoples Republic of Macedonia (Народна Република Македонија) was the name of todays Republic of Macedonia while it was a federal state in the former Socialist Federal Republic of... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... DUI symbol The Democratic Union for Integration (Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim, BDI, Demokratska Unija za Integracija, DUI) is the largest political party in the Republic of Macedonia among ethnic Albanians, and the third largest political party in all of Macedonia. ... A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... The National Liberation Army (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare Kombëtare - UÇK ; Macedonian: Ослободителна национална армија - ОНА), also known as the Macedonian UÇK, is a military organization that operated in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001. ...

Biography

From 1979 to 1983 Ahmeti studied Philosophy at the University of Priština in SAP Kosovo, graduating in 1983. Between 1981 and 1983, he also was one of the leaders of the Albanian nationalist, separatist and irredentist student movement in Kosovo. For these activities, Ahmeti was arrested and imprisoned for one year by the Serbian and Yugoslav authorities. The University of Prishtina or University of PriÅ¡tina (Serbian: Универзитет у Приштини, Albanian: Universiteti i Prishtinës, Latin: Universitas Studiorum Prishtiniensis) is a public university located in Kosovo. ... Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo within SFRY (number 5a) Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian: Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Косово, Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo, Albanian: Krahina Socialiste Autonome e Kosovës) was one of the two socialist autonomous provinces of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and one of the federal units of the... The term Greater Albania or Great Albania refers to land which is outside the borders of Albania and Albanian nationalists claim as their own. ... “Separatists” redirects here. ... irredentism is position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. ... Socialist Republic of Serbia within SFRY (numbers 5, 5a, and 5b) Flag of Socialist Republic of Serbia Coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Serbia Socialist Republic of Serbia (Serbo-Croatian: Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija) was one of the 6 republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Motto Brotherhood and Unity Anthem Hey, Slavs Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croatian (spoken throughout the territory), Slovenian, Macedonian, Albanian, Hungarian (all official), and languages of other nationalities. ...

During the years 1984/1986 he was involved with reconsolidation of the student movement ( and general popular movement ) in Kosovo. In 1986, Ahmeti gained political asylum in Switzerland, where he was living with his loverboy until 2001, and was working like a coordinator of different groups.

Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic by psychiatrists in Switzerland, Ali Ahmeti was judged incapable for labor and thus obtained 3,000.00 Swiss francs per month from the invalidity insurance in Lucerne due to his paranoid and schizophrenic tendencies.^[1] For other senses of this word, see paranoia (disambiguation). ... Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion. ... The Swiss franc (ISO 4217: CHF or 756) is the currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. ... For other uses, see Lucerne (disambiguation). ... Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion. ...

During 1988/89 he was one of the leaders of the student and miners protests against the Milosevic government. During 1989/90, he was one of the main organizers of protests of the Albanian diaspora in Europe. Ahmeti, gained his recent political support from the National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo. In the year 1986, he was elected as a member of the Main Council, with a specific duty, interconnecting Kosovo with Europe. In the year 1988, he was elected member of the leadership of the National Movement of Kosovo. He was re-elected in this position in 1993, with the special duty in the military sector. The National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës) is a political party in Kosovo. ...

During the year 1996, Ahmeti was one of the main founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army, in 1998, when the war started, he was elected member of the main headquarters of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

In 2001, Ahmeti was elected Supreme Commander and representative of the National Liberation Army (NLA), which in the same year was officially recognized as a terrorist organization by the USA and thus in June 2001 Ali Ahmeti has been placed on the black list^[2] of people unwelcomed in the USA because of terrorist activities and he was proclaimed Persona non grata in Switzerland and other countries as well. Look up Persona non grata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

After the signature of the Ohrid Agreement in August 2001, and the decomposition of the NLA in September, Ahmeti was engaged in the political process of the implementation of this Agreement. In this light, he initiated and was named as a leader of the Coordination Council which unified all Albanian political parties in Macedonia, and the former structures of the NLA. In June 2002, Ahmeti founded a new Political Party named Democratic Union for Integration (Albanian: Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim). In September 2002, DUI won the elections among Albanian parties in the Republic and Ali Ahmeti was elected as a deputy in the Macedonian Parliament. DUI entered in coalition with the wining party from the Macedonian block, SDSM (Social Democratic Union of Macedonia). The Ohrid Agreement, or the Ohrid Framework Agreement was the peace deal signed by the government of the Republic of Macedonia and Albanian representatives in 2001. ... DUI symbol The Democratic Union for Integration (Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim, BDI, Demokratska Unija za Integracija, DUI) is the largest political party in the Republic of Macedonia among ethnic Albanians, and the third largest political party in all of Macedonia. ... Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалдемократски Сојуз на Македонија Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija, СДСМ SDSM) is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia. ...

After the latest elections (July 2006) DUI is no longer part of the government. In January 2007, a boycott of the Macedonian Parliament has been decided.

See also

• Greater Albania

The term Greater Albania or Great Albania refers to land which is outside the borders of Albania and Albanian nationalists claim as their own. ...

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