Xhezair Shaqiri

Xhezair Shaqiri (born 15 May 1965), also known as Commander Hoxha, is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent, Imam and a former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and National Liberation Army (NLA).

Xhezair Shaqiri
Birth name	Xhezair Shaqiri
Nickname(s)	Hoxha
Born	(1965-05-15)15 May 1965 Tanuševci, Čučer-Sandevo Municipality, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (today North Macedonia)
Allegiance	Kosovo Liberation Army National Liberation Army
Years of service	1998–2001
Rank	Commander
Unit	138th Brigade "Agim Ramadani" 113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari"
Battles/wars	Kosovo War Battle of Glođane Koshare ambush 2001 insurgency in Macedonia Battle of Tanuševci Battle of Lojane Lipkovo crisis Aračinovo crisis Ambush near Tanuševci Tanuševci operation Operation MH-2 Brest attack
Other work	Imam, Political advisor

In 1998 he joined the KLA as a soldier and later became one of the first NLA commanders. During his participation in the Kosovo War, he first participated in the Battle of Glođane, in which the Yugoslav Army was defeated and had to retreat.[1] He later was put into a unit under the command of Agim Ramadani with who he fought the Yugoslav Army during the Koshare ambush.[1]

After the Kosovo War, He joined the NLA and was active in the Karadak region mainly in the villages of Tanuševci and Lipkovo and Aračinovo. He was the direct perpetrator of the murder of Јane Јakimovski, a Macedonian commander, in the shopping center Chairchanka in Skopje.[2]

On 24 July 2001, he was placed on the Macedonian blacklist of citizens and 3 days later he was placed on the blacklist list of US President George W. Bush.[3][4]