Key facts about Kosovo former guerrilla commander and ex-president Hashim Thaci PRISTINA, Sept 14 - Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will on Wednesday hear the verdict from a war crimes tribunal on charges over his role in a conflict to gain independence from Serbia in the 1990s. Here are some key facts about the former Kosovo Liberation Army commander who went on to serve as prime minister and head of state before resigning in 2020 to face a war crimes indictment, including allegations of overseeing the killing of civilians. Thaci denies wrongdoing. Born on April 24, 1968, Thaci embraced the Kosovo national liberation cause in his teens, becoming head of the students' union at the University of Pristina before joining the large Kosovar diaspora in Switzerland in 1995, studying history and international relations in Zurich. Thaci returned from abroad and became one of the senior figures in the KLA, which emerged in 1997 to launch a guerrilla war for statehood, capitalising on disappointment with a decade of futile passive resistance to Serbian repression.战前及战争期间，他频繁秘密出入科索沃，因其善于躲避塞尔维亚警察和军队而获得“蛇”的绰号。

1999年在法国朗布依埃举行的和平谈判中，由塔奇率领的科索沃代表团签署了西方斡旋的停止敌对行动提案，但塞尔维亚拒绝支持该协议。数周后，北约发动了为期78天的轰炸行动，将塞族军队赶出科索沃。

战争结束后，塔奇组建了科索沃民主党，这是从科索沃解放军队伍中脱颖而出的主要派系，他成为临时政府总理。2001年选举后，科索沃民主党进入政府，塔奇的党内副手巴伊拉姆·雷杰皮出任总理。