Hasim Thaci was born in 1968 in the Drenica region, a stronghold of the Albanian revolt against Serbia.
BBC: Kosovo profile
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The head of the rebel army's political wing, Hasim Thaci, 29, who was the Kosovars' chief negotiator in France, felt obliged to defer to Mr Demaci.
ECONOMIST: Kosovo??s elusive peace
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In February 2008, Wladimir beat Russia's Sultan Ibragimov to take the WBO crown - and his last fight was a seventh-round stoppage of former world champion Hasim Rahman in December.