Ex-rebel leader becomes Kosovo PM

A former rebel commander who was recently was questioned by UN war crimes investigators was elected to be prime minister of Kosovo today.

Fri, 03 Dec, 2004 - 15:13

A former rebel commander who was recently was questioned by UN war crimes investigators was elected to be prime minister of Kosovo today.

Parliament in Pristina voted 72 votes to 3 for Ramush Haradinaj, a 36-year-old ethnic Albanian, to head the new government, ignoring concerns that the move could add to the province’s tensions.

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