Ismet Jashari
Ismet Jashari (16 April 1967 – 25 August 1998) also known as Commander Kumanova (), was an Albanian soldier of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) movement who was killed on 25 August 1998 during the fighting with Serbian forces in Klečke, Kosovo. The Ismet Jashari-Kumanova Brigade of the KLA was named in his memory. After his death, he was declared Hero of Kosovo. Jashari had left Switzerland where he lived to join the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) to fight against Serbian military and police forces under the command of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Early life. Ismet was born  on April 16, 1967 in the village of Orizari in the Municipality of Lipkovo. From his father's side, the Jashari family migrated to Macedonia in the early 1910s from Vranje in south-Serbia when there were a significant minority of ethnic Albanians living there. His mother came from the Emini family of Lipkovo near Kumanovo in Macedonia. He completed primary school in his hometown to continue his secondary education in Kumanovo, Macedonia. During the 80s and 90s Ismet Jashari was active on promoting democracy and freedom in the Communist Federation of Yugoslavia, these actions had him arrested several times  and also the main factor which made him flee to Switzerland where he worked with construction. He completed primary school in his hometown to continue his secondary education in Kumanovo. Ismet Jashari has two brothers and five sisters. One of the brothers is Jemail Jashari who is an MP in the Macedonian Parliament today, representing the Albanian political party BDI (Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim). The second brother is Murat Jashari who was arrested for illegal weapon trade during the Kosovo Wars by Swiss authorities. Death. On August 25, 1998, while fighting with Serbian Forces, Ismet Jashari was killed. On August  25, 2009, Jashari was posthumously awarded the Hero of Kosovo award. Legacy. In 2001, the 113th NLA Brigade was established under his name during the 2001 Insurgency in Macedonia. In 2011 a monument dedicated to him was inaugurated in Lipkovo Municipality, Republic of Macedonia.