After the demonstrations of Kosovo Albanians in 1989 and the increased suppression of the local ethnic Albanian population that followed, Haradinaj emigrated to Switzerland where he spent eight years working as a construction worker and security guard In Switzerland, he joined the separatist National Movement of Kosovo, from which originated the KLA.

Haradinaj also has a Master's degree in business from the American University of Kosovo which is associated with Rochester Institute of Technology ( RIT ).

This decision caused disappointment to many of the more militant former KLA supporters who had hoped to see Haradinaj enter a political alliance with Hashim Thaçi.

The outcome was a government with Haradinaj as Prime Minister.

In the Kosovo Assembly, Haradinaj ’ s candidature for Prime Minister, to the surprise of most observers, won the support of 72 members out of 120 with only three opposing.

Haradinaj ’ s coalition with the Rugova-led LDK was seen as a major healing of the animosities of the war and immediate post-war periods.

The vagueness of the charges against Haradinaj personally, and the widely held suspicion he was indicted as part of a political deal with Belgrade combined with the overt international support for him, has had the effect of increasing rather than diminishing his political importance in Kosovo.

Kujtim Berisha, a Roma who was also to be called as a witness by the OTP in the case against Haradinaj, was killed in a car accident in Podgorica, Montenegro on 18 February 2007, when 67-year old Montenegrin Serb Aleksandar Ristović drove his car into Berisha and two other men.

Ramush Haradinaj, a former KLA commander, served briefly as Prime Minister of Kosovo before he turned himself in to the ICTY at The Hague to stand trial on war crimes charges, and was later acquitted.

* December 3-Ramush Haradinaj is elected Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro.

His incremental approach was criticised by radicals, but he sought to bring along the supporters of the former KLA ; in November 2004, he appointed Ramush Haradinaj, the former commander of the KLA, as Prime Minister.

It was suspected that the arrest was a revenge by Kosovo authorities for the BND report about organized crime in Kosovo which accuses Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi, as well as the former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj of far-reaching involvement in organized crime.

The current president of the party is Ramush Haradinaj.

Çeku's appointment was backed by former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who resigned in early 2005 after the ICTY had indicted him for war crimes.

Ramush Haradinaj ( born 3 July 1968 ) is a former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army ( KLA ) and former prime minister of Kosovo.

This success propelled Haradinaj into a leadership position in the KLA in Western Kosovo.

In this new force, Haradinaj was a deputy commander, under Agim Çeku, and is considered to have been a central figure in ensuring the successful transition into a civilian controlled force.

Haradinaj gave as his reason for forming a new party the need to establish a new paradigm for the future well-being of democratic politics in Kosovo, untainted by war-time divisions.

Haradinaj enjoyed limited electoral success up to and including the elections of 2004, being perceived as a soldier rather than a politician.

Haradinaj served only 100 days as Prime Minister before being indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ), at The Hague.

The indictment alleges that Haradinaj, as a commander within the KLA, committed crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war between March and September 1998, the alleged purpose of which was to exert control over territory, targeting both Serb, Albanian and Romani civilians.

Haradinaj indicated in a statement at the time that he was willing to submit himself to the court and be scrutinised for his actions during or after the war, confident all actions were both legal and justified.

When the ICTY indictment was issued in March 2005, Haradinaj chose to step down immediately from his position as Prime Minister.

Haradinaj received much praise for his actions and words at that time, which were perceived by many, including the International Crisis Group ( ICG ), US Senator Joe Biden and the late British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook as having prevented violence and civil unrest.

The then head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK ), Søren Jessen-Petersen, described Haradinaj as a " friend " and as a man of " dynamic leadership, strong commitment and vision " whose presence would be greatly missed.

In March 2006, the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY extended his provisional release further and granted Haradinaj the unprecedented right for an indictee to engage in public political activity.

On 26 February 2007 Haradinaj was flown back to the Hague so that the trial could proceed.

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