Agron Limani is a Kosovo-Albanian politician and former commander of the KLA.
Agron Limani | |
Honorific-Suffix: | Commander |
Office: | Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Prizren[1] |
Term Start: | 9 July 2020 |
Term End: | 14 November 2021 |
Successor: | Bexhat Bytyqi |
Birth Date: | 15 December 1966 |
Birth Place: | Krusha e Vogël, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Party: | Vetëvendosje |
Alma Mater: | University of Pristina |
Military Blank1: | Service |
Rank: | Commander |
Unit: | Brigada 124 "Gani Paçarrizi" |
Military Data1: | Kosovo Liberation Army |
Battles: | Kosovo War |
Agron Limani was born on 15 December 1966 in Krusha e Vogël, when at the time it was part of Yugoslavia. In 1986, he was admitted to the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Pristina and finished it in 1991. From 1993 to 2005, he worked as a professor of physics in the Gymnasium "Gjon Buzuku" in Prizren. From 2005 to 2006, he also worked as an engineer at "M& Sillosi".[2]
Following the outbreak of the Kosovo War, Limani was appointed as commander in the 124th Brigade of the KLA. Limani was also a victim of the Krusha massacres, and he would later appear in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers as a witness.[3] Limani also lead the association for missing persons "March 26", who says that it is necessary for the current law to restore the former pension scheme for the families of the missing.[4]
Following the war, Limani would become an activist of the left-wing Lëvizja Vetëvendosje movement. He would be appointed Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Prizren in July 2020. He would hold the office for just over 1 year, following the 2021 Kosovan local elections, the PDK party would win in Prizren.