Sali Çekaj

Sali Çekaj
NicknameKommandant Veterani
Born(1956-06-22)22 June 1956
Broliq, Deçan, FPR Yugoslavia
(today Kosovo)
Died19 April 1999(1999-04-19) (aged 42)
Allegiance Kosova
Branch Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova
 Kosovo Liberation Army
Service years1991–1999
RankCommander
ConflictsInsurgency 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.