Xhezair Shaqiri

Xhezair Shaqiri (Macedonian: Џезаир Шаќири; born 15 May 1965), also known as Commander Hoxha, is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent, former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and commander of the National Liberation Army (NLA).

Xhezair Shaqiri was born on 15 May 1965 in Tanuševci, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia.

[3] He later was put into a unit under the command of Agim Ramadani with who he fought the Yugoslav Army during the Koshare ambush.

[3] After the Kosovo War, he joined the National Liberation Army (NLA) during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, becoming one of the first NLA commanders and was active in the Karadak region mainly in the villages of Tanuševci, Lipkovo and Aračinovo.

[5] According to the Macedonian Ministry of Interior, he was the direct perpetrator of the murder of a police officer, in the shopping center Chairchanka in Skopje.