Daut Haradinaj

Daut Haradinaj
Birth nameDaut Hilmi Haradinaj
Born (1978-04-06) 6 April 1978
Deçan, SFR Yugoslavia
(today Kosovo)
Allegiance Kosovo
BranchKosovo Liberation Army
National Liberation Army
Kosovo Protection Corps
Years of service1997–2004
Battles / warsInsurgency in Kosovo (1995–98)
Kosovo War

Daut Haradinaj (born 6 April 1978) is a Kosovo Albanian politician, the brother of Ramush Haradinaj, and former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member during the Kosovo War (1998–99). He was part of the leadership in the Kosovo Protection Corps.

Haradinaj was born on 6 April 1978, as one of nine children, in the village of Glođane, near Dečani, in the Kosovo province that was part of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His paternal descent is from Berishë in northern Albania, around the city of Pukë.