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interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republika_Kosovo_(1991%E2%80%931999)" title="Republika Kosovo (1991–1999) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Republika Kosovo (1991–1999)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_de_Kosovo_(1990-2000)" title="República de Kosovo (1990-2000) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="República de Kosovo (1990-2000)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9publique_du_Kosovo_(1990-2000)" title="République du Kosovo (1990-2000) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="République du Kosovo (1990-2000)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repubblica_di_Kosova" title="Repubblica di Kosova – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Repubblica di Kosova" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republiek_Kosovo_(1991-1999)" title="Republiek Kosovo (1991-1999) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Republiek Kosovo (1991-1999)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Republic of Kosova</div><div class="ib-country-names"><span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq">Republika e Kosovës</i></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">1991–2000</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kosova_(1991%E2%80%931999).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Kosovo"><img alt="Flag of Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg/125px-Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg/188px-Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg/250px-Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kosovo" title="Flag of Kosovo">Flag</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Variant_of_albanian_eagle_1.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Kosovo"><img alt="Coat of arms of Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Variant_of_albanian_eagle_1.svg/70px-Variant_of_albanian_eagle_1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Variant_of_albanian_eagle_1.svg/105px-Variant_of_albanian_eagle_1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Variant_of_albanian_eagle_1.svg/140px-Variant_of_albanian_eagle_1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="344" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Kosovo"> Coat of arms</a></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> <i><a href="/wiki/Himni_i_Flamurit" title="Himni i Flamurit">Himni i Flamurit</a></i><br />"Hymn to the Flag"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kosovo1999_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the Republic of Kosova in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1999)"><img alt="Location of the Republic of Kosova in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1999)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Kosovo1999_location_map.png/250px-Kosovo1999_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Kosovo1999_location_map.png/375px-Kosovo1999_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Kosovo1999_location_map.png/500px-Kosovo1999_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="818" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">Location of the Republic of Kosova in relation to the <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a> (1999)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pristina" title="Pristina">Pristina</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a> (official)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Kosovo" title="Politics of Kosovo">Government</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Republic</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Kosovo" title="President of Kosovo">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1992–2000 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Rugova" title="Ibrahim Rugova">Ibrahim Rugova</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kosovo" title="Prime Minister of Kosovo">Prime Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1990–1991 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jusuf_Zejnullahu" title="Jusuf Zejnullahu">Jusuf Zejnullahu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1991–1999 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bujar_Bukoshi" title="Bujar Bukoshi">Bujar Bukoshi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1999–2000 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hashim_Tha%C3%A7i" title="Hashim Thaçi">Hashim Thaçi</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars" title="Yugoslav Wars">Yugoslav Wars</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Declared </div></th><td class="infobox-data">22 September 1991</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/1991_Kosovan_independence_referendum" title="1991 Kosovan independence referendum">Independence referendum</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">26–30 September 1991</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/1992_Kosovan_general_election" title="1992 Kosovan general election">General election</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">24 May 1992</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Kosovo_(1995%E2%80%931998)" title="Insurgency in Kosovo (1995–1998)">Kosovo insurgency</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1995–1998</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1998–1999</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1244" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244">UNSC resolution 1244</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">10 June 1999</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Administration recognized </div></th><td class="infobox-data">31 January 2000</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kosovo" title="Demographics of Kosovo">Population</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1995 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,100,000</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_dinar" title="Yugoslav dinar">Yugoslav dinar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Albanian_lek" title="Albanian lek">Albanian lek</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo" title="Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo">Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Administered_Kosovo" title="United Nations Administered Kosovo">United Nations Administered Kosovo</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Republic of Kosova</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Republika e Kosovës</i>), also known as the <b>First Republic of Kosovo</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Republika e Parë e Kosovës</i>), was a self-declared <a href="/wiki/Quasi-state" title="Quasi-state">proto-state</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Europe" title="Southeast Europe">Southeast Europe</a> established in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During its peak, it tried to establish its own parallel political institutions in opposition to the institutions of the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija</a> held by <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslavia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Serbia_(1992%E2%80%932006)" title="Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)">Republic of Serbia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proclamation">Proclamation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Proclamation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Late in June 1990, Albanian members of the provincial assembly proposed a vote on whether to form an independent republic; the ethnic Serb president of the assembly immediately shut it down and promised to reopen the assembly on 2 July, which was later postponed. </p><p>On 2 July, the vast majority of Albanian members of the Provincial Assembly returned to the Assembly, but it had been locked; so in the street outside they voted to declare Kosovo a Republic within the Yugoslav federation.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Serbian government responded by dissolving the Assembly and the government of Kosovo, removing any remaining autonomy. The Serb government then passed another law on labour relations which dismissed another 80,000 Albanian workers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ethnic Albanian members of the now officially dissolved Kosovo Assembly met in secret in <a href="/wiki/Ka%C3%A7anik" title="Kaçanik">Kaçanik</a> on 7 September and declared the "Republic of Kosova" in which laws from Yugoslavia would only be valid if compatible with the Republic's constitution. The assembly went on to declare the "Republic of Kosova" an independent state on 22 September 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This declaration was endorsed by 99% of voters in an <a href="/wiki/1991_Kosovan_independence_referendum" title="1991 Kosovan independence referendum">unofficial referendum</a> held a few days later.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Republic of Kosova received diplomatic recognition from Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Serb authorities rejected the election results, and tried to capture and prosecute those who had voted.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, thousands of Serb refugees from <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> were settled in Kosovo, which further worsened relations between the two communities.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parallel_structures">Parallel structures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parallel structures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kosovo Albanians organized a resistance movement, creating a number of parallel structures in education, medical care, and taxation.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New schools opened, with houses being turned into facilities for schools, including high schools and universities. During parallel elections, new leaders were elected, forming a new country within a country. Because of the repression, the new government had its seat in exile. There was a parallel football league, following all the sports men and women being expelled from the stadiums and sports facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NATO_intervention">NATO intervention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: NATO intervention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a></div> <p>From 1995 onwards, tensions in the region escalated leading to the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a> which began in February 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fought between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army" title="Kosovo Liberation Army">Kosovo Liberation Army</a> (KLA) guerrilla force.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The KLA-led campaign continued into January 1999 and was brought to the attention of the world media by the <a href="/wiki/Ra%C4%8Dak_massacre" title="Račak massacre">Račak massacre</a>, the mass killing of about 45 Albanians (Including 9 KLA insurgents)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Serbian security forces.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An international conference was held in <a href="/wiki/Rambouillet" title="Rambouillet">Rambouillet</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> later that spring and resulted in a proposed peace agreement, called the <a href="/wiki/Rambouillet_Agreement" title="Rambouillet Agreement">Rambouillet Agreement</a>, which was accepted by the ethnic Albanian side but rejected by the Yugoslav government.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The failure of the talks at Rambouillet resulted in a <a href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" title="NATO bombing of Yugoslavia">NATO air campaign</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a> lasting from 24 March to 10 June<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when the Yugoslav authorities signed a military technical agreement. NATO-led international peacekeepers established the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">Kosovo Force</a> (KFOR) and an international civilian mission was established by the name of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">United Nations Interim Administration Mission</a> (UNMIK),<sup id="cite_ref-un_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-un-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which entered Kosovo on 11 June 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UNMIK assumed control of Kosovo. A <a href="/wiki/Joint_Interim_Administrative_Structure" title="Joint Interim Administrative Structure">Joint Interim Administrative Structure</a> was established to allow Kosovo political and community leaders to be represented in decisions. The KLA was disbanded and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Protection_Corps" title="Kosovo Protection Corps">Kosovo Protection Corps</a>, a lightly armed civilian emergency response organization.<sup id="cite_ref-Bell2002_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bell2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 January 2000, the interim administration in Kosovo was recognized, officially ending the Republic of Kosova.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Period </th> <th>Notes </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>President </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Rugova" title="Ibrahim Rugova">Ibrahim Rugova</a> </td> <td>1992–2000 </td> <td>In exile in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> from 5 May to 15 July 1999 </td> <td align="center" rowspan="6"><sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Prime Minister </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bujar_Bukoshi" title="Bujar Bukoshi">Bujar Bukoshi</a> </td> <td>1991–2000 </td> <td>In exile in <a href="/wiki/Ljubljana" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a>, then from May 1992 to Aug 1999 in <a href="/wiki/Bonn" title="Bonn">Bonn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hashim_Tha%C3%A7i" title="Hashim Thaçi">Hashim Thaçi</a> </td> <td>1999–2000 </td> <td>Provisional Prime Minister in opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td>Defence Minister </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hajzer_Hajzeraj" title="Hajzer Hajzeraj">Hajzer Hajzeraj</a> </td> <td>1991–1993 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairman of the Assembly </td> <td>Ilaz Ramajli </td> <td>1990–1992 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flag">Flag</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Kosova" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of the Republic of Kosova">Flag of the Republic of Kosova</a></div> <p>The flag used by the Republic of Kosova was very similar to the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">flag of Albania</a>, depicting a variant of the emblem on the same colored background. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Republic_of_Kosova" title="Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova">Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army" title="Kosovo Liberation Army">Kosovo Liberation Army</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Kosova&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 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