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Hashim Thaçi

Hashim Thaçi was a member of the KLA's political leadership and headed the Kosovo Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet talks in 1999. After the war he became one of Kosovo's leading politicians, serving as prime minister and later as president. In 2020 the Kosovo Specialist Chambers confirmed an indictment against him and three others; he resigned as president. The trial opened in 2023; the exact procedural status is shown in the court case tracker. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a final judgment.

Also known as: Hashim Thaqi · Hashim Tači

Living person — personal information is deliberately limited.

Source basis

Academic monographs and public records of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers; public roles only.

Man in a dark suit speaking at a lectern with the MSC conference logo behind him.
Hashim Thaçi speaking at the Munich Security Conference on 17 February 2018. Photo: Koch / MSC.Photo: Koch / MSC · 2018-02-17 · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Thaçi's role at Rambouillet reflected the shift of political weight within the Albanian camp: representatives of the KLA became a central part of the delegation alongside the LDK and independent figures [1] [2].

In the case before the Specialist Chambers, the indictment confirmed in 2020 includes charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes during 1998–1999. For the exact procedural status, including any first-instance or appeal decision, see the case record in the court case tracker [3].

An indictment is not proof of guilt. Nor is a trial of individuals a verdict on the KLA as a whole, on each of its members, or on the aim of liberation.

Photographs

French château with turrets and a flower garden in front.
The Château de Rambouillet in France, the venue of the Kosovo talks in February 1999. Photograph taken in 2021.Photo: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) · 2021-09-04 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Civilian and military officials seated around a conference table.
NATO Secretary General Javier Solana meets US Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the Pentagon on 15 March 1999. They discussed NATO's reaction should Yugoslavia refuse to sign the peace agreement worked out in Rambouillet.Photo: Robert D. Ward · 1999-03-15 · Domen publik (Public domain)

Sources

  1. [1]Tim Judah. Kosovo: War and Revenge. Yale University Press, 2000. https://books.google.com/books/about/Kosovo.html?id=TDmwQgAACAAJ. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]David L. Phillips. Liberating Kosovo: Coercive Diplomacy and U.S. Intervention. The MIT Press, 2012-07-20. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9590.001.0001. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. [3]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar. Specialist Prosecutor v. Hashim Thaçi et al. (KSC-BC-2020-06) — faqja e çështjes. KSC-BC-2020-06. https://www.scp-ks.org/en/cases/hashim-thaci-et-al. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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