Sali Çekaj

Sali Çekaj
Nickname(s)Kommandant Veterani
Born(1956-06-22)22 June 1956
Broliq, Deçan, SFR Yugoslavia
(today Kosovo)
Died19 April 1999(1999-04-19) (aged 42)
Koshare, Gjakovë, FR Yugoslavia
(today Kosovo)
Allegiance Kosova
Service / branch Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova
Kosovo Liberation Army
Years of service1991–1999
RankCommander
Battles / warsInsurgency in Kosovo (1995–98)

Kosovo War

AwardsHero of Kosovo (posthumously)

Sali Çekaj (22 June 1956 – 19 April 1999) was a Kosovo Albanian political activist and commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo (FARK) and of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who was killed during the Battle of Kosharë.