Early Life and War Years
Haradinaj was born on 3 July 1968, as second of nine children, in the village of Glođane, near Dečani, in the Serbian province of Kosovo. He spent his youth in his native village with his parents and siblings, and completed primary school in Rznici and secondary school in Dečani and Đakovica. After graduating from high school in 1987, he did his mandatory military service in the Yugoslav Peoples Army, where he later be promoted to platoon commander. After the Kosovo War, Haradinaj attended law school at the University of Pristina. Haradinaj also earned a Master's degree in business from the American University of Kosovo, which is associated with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state.
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