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Kosovar politician (born )

Hashim Thaçi (Albanian pronunciation:[hä'ʃɪm'θɑ:t͡ɕɪ]^ⓘ; born 24 April ) is a Kosovar Albanian politician who was the president of Kosovo from April until his resignation on 5 November to face a war crimes tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity.^[2][3] He was the first prime minister of Kosovo and the Foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the new cabinet led by Isa Mustafa, which assumed office on 08 December

Thaçi is from the region of Pristina in Kosovo, which is where the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) originated.

He studied philosophy in Prishtina before moving to Switzerland, where he joined the KLA in He rose through the ranks of the KLA to become leader of the most powerful faction by , during the Rambouillet negotiations. He then joined the interim Kosovo administration after the war.

Thaçi became leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), which won the largest share of the vote