commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
kosovo liberation army prekaz , kosovo , federal republic of yugoslavia 7 march 1998 prekaz yugoslavia , socialist autonomous province of kosovo , sfr 20px hero of kosovo kosovo war : 28 november 1955 commander adem jashari
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adem jashari -lrb- born adem shaban jashari ; 28 november 1955 -- 7 march 1998 -rrb- was one of the founders of the kosovo liberation army -lrb- kla -rrb- , a kosovo albanian separatist organization which fought for the secession of kosovo from the federal republic of yugoslavia during the 1990s .
beginning in 1991 , jashari participated in attacks against the serbian police before travelling to albania to receive military training .
arrested in 1993 , he was released at the behest of the albanian army and later returned to kosovo , where he continued launching attacks against the serbian establishment .
in july 1997 , he was convicted of terrorism `` in absentia '' by a yugoslav court .
after several unsuccessful attempts to capture or kill him , serbian forces launched an attack against jashari 's home in prekaz in march 1998 .
the battle that followed resulted in the deaths of 58 members of jashari 's family , including that of jashari and his wife and son .
seen as the `` father of the kla '' , jashari is considered a symbol of kosovan independence by ethnic albanians .
he was posthumously awarded with the title `` hero of kosovo '' following the disputed territory 's declaration of independence in 2008 .
the national theatre in pristina and pristina international airport have been named after him .
