Anton Quni (born 9 June 1967) is the Kosovar and former Minister of Defence of Kosovo and of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF), as well as the former Commander of the

Kosovo Liberation Army The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an Albanians, ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Republic of R ...

(KLA).

Career

Quni studied at the

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and with the highest grades was promoted as a career officer with the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/; Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian language, Croatian and ; , J ...

. With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, he went to live in Switzerland and Croatia. When war erupted in Kosovo in 1998, he left

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to take part. Quni joined the

(KLA) under the command of the Minister of War, Colonel Ahmet Krasniqi. With his unit, he conducted successful military operations in breaking the Yugoslav-Albanian border, in Koshare. Quni along with commanders

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Sali Çekaj Sali Çekaj (22 June 1956 – 19 April 1999) was a Kosovo Albanian political activist and commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo (FARK) and of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who was killed during the Battle of Kosharë. Ear ...

, Xhemajl Fetahu, and other soldiers took part in the Battle of Koshare. Since 2010, Quni has been a strong voice of the citizens in the Kosovo Parliament. After the war, he served in the Kosovo Protection Corps and Kosovo Security Forces. From 2010 to 2017, he was Member of Parliament Commission for Internal Affairs, Security and Oversight of the Kosovo Security Forces. From 2017 to 2019, he was Member of Parliament Commission for Oversight of Kosovo Intelligence Agency. He was the Chairman of the

Democratic League of Kosovo The Democratic League of Kosovo (, LDK) is the oldest and one of the largest list of political parties in Kosovo, political parties in Kosovo. History During the late 1980s, nationalism was on the rise throughout the Socialist Federal Republi ...

Party for Prizren from 9 September 2017 to 14 March 2021.

Personal

Anton Quni is married to a Croatian woman with whom he has four children.https://zeri.info/showbiz/141181/kjo-eshte-gruaja-kroate-e-deputetit-anton-quni-video/

References

1967 births Military personnel from Gjakova 20th-century Albanian military personnel 20th-century Albanian people Defence ministers of Kosovo Democratic League of Kosovo politicians Kosovo Albanians Kosovo Liberation Army soldiers Members of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo Living people {{Kosovo-bio-stub