Adem Jashari

Quick Facts

Full Name	Adem Jashari
Occupation	War Hero
Date Of Birth	Nov 28, 1955(1955-11-28)
Age	69
Date Of Death	March 1998, Donje Prekaze
Birthplace	Yugoslavia
Country	Yugoslavia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Adem Jashari Biography

Adem Jashari is one of the most popular and richest War Hero who was born on November 28, 1955 in Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. Founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which helped fight for the separation of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

Another war hero associated with Kosovo is Wesley Clark.

Adem Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)(Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës (UÇK)), a Kosovo Albanian separatist organization which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s and the eventual creation of a Greater Albania.

From 1991 to 1992, Jashari and about 100 other ethnic Albanians wishing to fight for the independence of Kosovo underwent military training in the municipality of Labinot-Mal in Albania. Afterwards, Jashari and other ethnic Albanians committed several acts of sabotage aimed at the Serbian administrative apparatus in Kosovo. Attempting to capture or kill him, Serbian police surrounded Jashari and his older brother, Hamëz, at their home in Prekaz on 30 December 1991. In the ensuing siege, large numbers of Kosovo Albanians flocked to Prekaz, pressuring the police to withdraw from the village.

His family comes from the village of Donji Prekaz.

Adem Jashari Net Worth

Adem Jashari is one of the richest War Hero from Yugoslavia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Adem Jashari 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an illiterate farmer and did his military training in Albania from 1991 to 1992.

He has been called the “father of the KLA” and was awarded with the title “Hero of Kosovo” in 2008.

Adem Shaban Jashari was born in the village of Prekaz, in the Drenica region of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, on 28 November 1955 as Fazli Jashari. Descended from Kosovo Albanian guerrillas who had fought Yugoslav forces decades prior, he was raised on Albanian war stories and was rarely seen without a gun. According to the journalist Tim Judah, Jashari “hated the Serbs, and although he was one of the KLA’s early recruits, he was no ideological guerrilla.”

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The exploits of Adem Jashari have been celebrated and turned into legend by former KLA members, some in government, and by Kosovar Albanian society resulting in songs, literature, monuments, memorials with streets and buildings bearing his name across Kosovo. Dubbed the “Legendary Commander” (Albanian: Komandanti Legjendar) by Albanians, Jashari is regarded by many in Kosovo as being the “father of the KLA”. Portraits of him carrying an automatic weapon often adorn the walls of homes inhabited by ethnic Albanians. Considered a symbol of independence by Kosovo Albanians, the anniversary of Jashari’s death is annually commemorated in Kosovo and his home has since been transformed into a shrine. The field where he and his family were buried has since become a place of pilgrimage for Kosovo Albanians, and several authors have equated Jashari with Albanian national hero Skanderbeg as well as Albanian kaçak rebels from the past. Following Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008, Jashari was posthumously awarded the title “Hero of Kosovo” for his role in the Kosovo War. The football stadium in Mitrovica, the National Theatre in Pristina and Pristina International Airport have also been named after him.

Facts & Trivia

Adem Ranked on the list of most popular War Hero. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Yugoslavia. Adem Jashari celebrates birthday on November 28 of every year.