Avni Klinaku


Avni Klinaku is a Kosovar Albanian politician and nationalist.

Biography

Avni Klinaku was born on March 25, 1965 in the village of Mazgit, Obiliq, SFR Yugoslavia. He finished the "Miladin Popović" technical high school in Prishtina.
His political career started in 1982, as a People's Movement of Kosovo member, until 1984. He was arrested in 1984 by Yugoslavian authorities and imprisoned till 1989. In 1993, he co-founded NMLK, and was its leader until 1997, before getting arrested again and imprisoned until 2001.
Since 2007, he has served as the leader of the Movement for Unification, a nationalist party in Kosovo, opposing the Ahtisaari Plan and seeking reunification with Albania; he is currently in his second term.