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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Agim Çeku</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Agim_Ceku_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Agim_Ceku_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="322" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="156" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Çeku in 2006</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Kosovo)" title="Ministry of Defence (Kosovo)">Minister of the Kosovo Security Force</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 February 2011 – 9 December 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hashim_Tha%C3%A7i" title="Hashim Thaçi">Hashim Thaçi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Isa_Mustafa" title="Isa Mustafa">Isa Mustafa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Fehmi Mujota</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haki_Demolli" title="Haki Demolli">Haki Demolli</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">4th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kosovo" title="Prime Minister of Kosovo">Prime Minister of Kosovo</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 March 2006 – 9 January 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fatmir_Sejdiu" title="Fatmir Sejdiu">Fatmir Sejdiu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bajram_Kosumi" title="Bajram Kosumi">Bajram Kosumi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></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 colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-10-29</span>) </span>29 October 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/%C4%86u%C5%A1ka" class="mw-redirect" title="Ćuška">Ćuška</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo" title="Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, <a href="/wiki/PR_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="PR Serbia">PR Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/FPR_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="FPR Yugoslavia">FPR Yugoslavia</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(now <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Kosovo" title="Democratic Party of Kosovo">Democratic Party</a> (from 2013)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Kosovo" title="Social Democratic Party of Kosovo">Social Democratic Party</a> (2008–2013)<br /><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (until 2008)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Agim_%C3%87eku_(n%C3%ABnshkrim).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Agim Çeku's signature"><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" title="NATO bombing of Yugoslavia">NATO bombing of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pa%C5%A1trik" title="Battle of Paštrik">Battle of Paštrik</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Agim Çeku</b> (<a href="/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbo-Croatian language">Serbo-Croatian</a>: <i lang="sh">Agim Čeku</i>, born 29 October 1960) is an ethnic Albanian politician from <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Security_Force" title="Kosovo Security Force">minister of Security Forces</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> and formerly the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kosovo" title="Prime Minister of Kosovo">prime minister</a>. Of military background, he was a commander of the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army" title="Kosovo Liberation Army">Kosovo Liberation Army</a> (KLA) that fought against Serbian rule in 1998–1999, earlier being a commander in the <a href="/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence" title="Croatian War of Independence">Croatian War of Independence</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Army" title="Croatian Army">Croatian Army</a>. </p><p>Çeku served as an officer in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence and was military commander of the KLA during the 1998–1999 <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>, and then commanded the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Protection_Corps" title="Kosovo Protection Corps">Kosovo Protection Corps</a> under the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Çeku was born in <a href="/wiki/Qyshk" title="Qyshk">Qyshk</a>, a village near <a href="/wiki/Peja" title="Peja">Peja</a>, at the time part of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo" title="Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo">Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo</a> of <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Serbia" title="Socialist Republic of Serbia">SR Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Çeku completed the secondary military school in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, and then attended the <a href="/wiki/Zadar" title="Zadar">Zadar</a> Military Academy.<sup id="cite_ref-politico_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterwards, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army" title="Yugoslav People's Army">Yugoslav People's Army</a> (JNA) as an artillery captain. In 1991 the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Yugoslav wars">Yugoslav wars</a> broke out and he deserted from the JNA and joined the <a href="/wiki/Croatian_National_Guard" title="Croatian National Guard">Croatian National Guard</a> (which transformed into the Croatian Army), when the Republic of Croatia fought a war in <a href="/wiki/Breakup_of_Yugoslavia" title="Breakup of Yugoslavia">breaking away</a> from Yugoslavia.<sup id="cite_ref-IWPR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWPR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Croatian Army fought the Serb breakaway <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina" title="Republic of Serbian Krajina">Republic of Serbian Krajina</a>. He participated in several military operations, first in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Maslenica" title="Operation Maslenica">Operation Maslenica</a> when he was the head of <a href="/wiki/Velebit" title="Velebit">Velebit</a>'s artillery section,<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> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Medak_Pocket" title="Operation Medak Pocket">Operation Medak Pocket</a> near Gospić, in which he was wounded, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Storm" title="Operation Storm">Operation Storm</a> in August 1995 that captured most of the Krajina territory.<sup id="cite_ref-politico_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IWPR_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWPR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, he continued the advance as head of Croatian forces into the Republic of <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> fighting in western Bosnia against the forces of the <a href="/wiki/Republika_Srpska" title="Republika Srpska">Serb Republic</a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Mistral_2" title="Operation Mistral 2">Operation Mistral 2</a>. </p><p>After the war the Croatian Army was reformed and President <a href="/wiki/Franjo_Tu%C4%91man" title="Franjo Tuđman">Franjo Tuđman</a> named Çeku commanding officer of the Fifth District Region in <a href="/wiki/Rijeka" title="Rijeka">Rijeka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IWPR_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWPR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, he filed a request for retirement in order to go to Kosovo to join the ethnic Albanian <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army" title="Kosovo Liberation Army">Kosovo Liberation Army</a> (KLA) that fought Serbian rule, which was officially fulfilled in February 1999 with his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-IWPR_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWPR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kosovo_War">Kosovo War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Kosovo War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Çeku had developed contacts with the KLA in the mid-1990s. When war broke out in Kosovo, the KLA initially did very badly against the Yugoslav forces, due in part to poor leadership under senior commander <a href="/wiki/Sylejman_Selimi" title="Sylejman Selimi">Sylejman Selimi</a>, a militarily inexperienced individual who had been given the post largely because of his influence in the <a href="/wiki/Drenica" title="Drenica">Drenica</a> region (the KLA's heartland). </p><p>In May 1999, Çeku was appointed the KLA's chief of staff, replacing Selimi.<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> He immediately set about reorganising the KLA and implementing a proper military structure within the organization. In the closing days of the Kosovo War, the KLA began providing systematic intelligence to <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> as well as mounting attacks to lure Serbian forces into the open, enabling NATO warplanes to bomb them. According to reports at the time, Çeku was the principal liaison between NATO and the KLA.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kosovo_Protection_Corps">Kosovo Protection Corps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Kosovo Protection Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the end of the war in June 1999, Çeku oversaw the <a href="/wiki/Demilitarisation" title="Demilitarisation">demilitarisation</a> of the KLA and its transformation into the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Protection_Corps" title="Kosovo Protection Corps">Kosovo Protection Corps</a> (KPC), an ostensibly civilian organization charged with disaster response, demining, search and response and humanitarian projects. Although the international community insisted the KPC was a civilian organization, Çeku and its membership said they believed the KPC should evolve into the future army of an independent Kosovo.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Çeku managed ably many difficult challenges for the KPC, including allegations that its members were supporting the <a href="/wiki/2001_insurgency_in_the_Republic_of_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia">ethnic Albanian insurgency in Macedonia in 2001</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rice,_Sejdiu,_and_Ceku.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rice%2C_Sejdiu%2C_and_Ceku.jpg/220px-Rice%2C_Sejdiu%2C_and_Ceku.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rice%2C_Sejdiu%2C_and_Ceku.jpg/330px-Rice%2C_Sejdiu%2C_and_Ceku.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rice%2C_Sejdiu%2C_and_Ceku.jpg/440px-Rice%2C_Sejdiu%2C_and_Ceku.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="454" /></a><figcaption>Agim Çeku with the United States Secretary of State, <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a> and the president of the Republic of Kosovo, <a href="/wiki/Fatmir_Sejdiu" title="Fatmir Sejdiu">Fatmir Sejdiu</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 10 March 2006, Çeku was elected Prime Minister of Kosovo by the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Assembly">Kosovo Assembly</a>. After being sworn in, he declared his support for Kosovo independence, whilst promising to protect the rights of the Serbian minority.<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> Çeku's appointment was backed by former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ramush_Haradinaj" title="Ramush Haradinaj">Ramush Haradinaj</a>, who resigned in early 2005 after the ICTY had indicted him for war crimes. In his first one hundred days in office, Çeku prioritized the implementation of the UN-endorsed "Standards" for good governance and multi-ethnicity, earning praise from UN Kosovo chief <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Jessen-Petersen" title="Søren Jessen-Petersen">Søren Jessen-Petersen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Contact_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Contact Group">Contact Group</a> countries. On 24 July 2006, Çeku traveled to <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> for the first high-level meeting between the Presidents and Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo to discuss <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_status_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo status process">Kosovo's future status</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He stated that he would found a new political party after stepping down as PM, dispelling rumours that he would join the <a href="/wiki/Reformist_Party_ORA" title="Reformist Party ORA">Reformist Party ORA</a>.<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> However, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Kosovo" title="Social Democratic Party of Kosovo">Social Democratic Party of Kosovo</a> on 10 April 2008, and did not rule out that the party would unify with ORA.<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> </p><p>On 23 February 2011, Çeku was made Minister of Security Forces of Kosovo.<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-heading2"><h2 id="War_crimes_accusations">War crimes accusations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: War crimes accusations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Serbian government has accused Çeku of war crimes.<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> Although Çeku has not been the subject of any <a href="/wiki/ICTY" class="mw-redirect" title="ICTY">ICTY</a> indictment, he was briefly detained in <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> in October 2003 and in Hungary in March 2004 on the basis of an <a href="/wiki/Interpol" title="Interpol">Interpol</a> warrant issued by <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. The ICTY issued the last indictments in late 2004 and limited all further investigations to ongoing cases only.<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> </p><p>In May 2009, <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombian</a> authorities expelled Çeku from a conference held in the country due to Serbia's extradition request based on possible war crimes committed by him during the Kosovo War.<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><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> </p><p>On 23 June 2009 he was arrested in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Interpol" title="Interpol">Interpol</a> arrest warrant issued by <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> for alleged <a href="/wiki/War_crimes" class="mw-redirect" title="War crimes">war crimes</a> in Kosovo committed against the non-Albanian population.<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> The Bulgarian authorities decided to release him from custody, but requested that he remain in the country for up to 40 days as officials consider Serbia's extradition request.<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><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> On 30 June, he returned to Kosovo, after the Bulgarian prosecutors decided not to appeal the court's decision for his release.<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> </p><p>In September 2020, he was summoned by <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Specialist_Chambers_and_Specialist_Prosecutor%27s_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office">the prosecutors at Hague</a> as a war crimes suspect.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_life">Family life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Family life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is married to Dragica, who is half-<a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbian</a>, half-<a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croatian</a>. They have three children and the family divides its time between <a href="/wiki/Pristina" title="Pristina">Pristina</a> and the Croatian town of <a href="/wiki/Zadar" title="Zadar">Zadar</a>.<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> </p> <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=Agim_%C3%87eku&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTaylor2009" class="citation book cs1">Taylor, Scott (2009-07-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fqGJRabbJDAC&dq=Operation+Medak+Pocket+Agim+%C3%87eku&pg=PT128"><i>Unembedded: Two Decades of Maverick War Reporting</i></a>. D & M Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-926685-88-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-926685-88-5"><bdi>978-1-926685-88-5</bdi></a>. <q>It was for this operation that Agim Ceku earned the nickname "Commander Scorched Earth" and a promotion from the Croatian high command.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Unembedded%3A+Two+Decades+of+Maverick+War+Reporting&rft.pub=D+%26+M+Publishers&rft.date=2009-07-01&rft.isbn=978-1-926685-88-5&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfqGJRabbJDAC%26dq%3DOperation%2BMedak%2BPocket%2BAgim%2B%25C3%2587eku%26pg%3DPT128&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgim+%C3%87eku" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ks-gov.net/pm/?menuid=1&subid=12&lingo=2">Kosovo Prime Minister's Web Site: Biography of Agim Çeku</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004410/http://www.ks-gov.net/pm/?menuid=1&subid=12&lingo=2">Archived</a> September 27, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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Zejnullahu">Jusuf Zejnullahu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bujar_Bukoshi" title="Bujar Bukoshi">Bujar Bukoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashim_Tha%C3%A7i" title="Hashim Thaçi">Hashim Thaçi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(interim)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo"><img alt="Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">UN-administered Kosovo</a><br />(2000–2008)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bajram_Rexhepi" title="Bajram Rexhepi">Bajram Rexhepi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramush_Haradinaj" title="Ramush Haradinaj">Ramush Haradinaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adem_Salihaj" title="Adem Salihaj">Adem Salihaj</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajram_Kosumi" title="Bajram Kosumi">Bajram Kosumi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Agim Çeku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashim_Tha%C3%A7i" title="Hashim Thaçi">Hashim Thaçi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Republic of Kosovo</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Recognized <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo" title="International recognition of Kosovo">by 114 UN member states</a>)</span><br />(2008–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hashim_Tha%C3%A7i" title="Hashim Thaçi">Hashim Thaçi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isa_Mustafa" title="Isa Mustafa">Isa Mustafa</a></li> 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