Tonibler (') is a male

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Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

, given in honour of

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, the former British prime minister, following his role in the 1999

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air campaign against the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

during the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It ...

. Blair was considered instrumental in removing

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...

from power, and boys born following the war were sometimes given the name ''Toni'' or ''Tonibler''. In 2010, Blair made a visit to Kosovo where he met several boys bearing the name. He returned to the country in June 2024, where he met five adult men with the name alongside Kosovan president Vjosa Osmani. Other names such as ''Klinton'' and ''Madeleine'', from U.S. President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

and U.S. Secretary of State

Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political science, political scientist who served as the 64th United States Secretary of State, United S ...

respectively, are also popular in Kosovo for similar reasons.

People

* Bler Thaçi, Kosovar football player

References

External links

Little Tony Blairs of Kosovo: the boys named after the 'great man' – video
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) {{Tony Blair Albanian masculine given names Culture of Kosovo Masculine given names Tony Blair

People

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