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Avni Klinaku is a Kosovar Albanian politician and nationalist.
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Avni Klinaku was born on March 25, 1965 in the village of Mazgit, Obiliq, SFR Yugoslavia. He finished the "Miladin Popović" (now "Gjin Gazulli") technical high school in Prishtina.
His political career started in 1982, as a People's Movement of Kosovo member, until 1984. He was arrested in 1984 by Yugoslavian authorities and imprisoned till 1989. In 1993, he co-founded NMLK (Albanian: Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës, LKÇK), and was its leader until 1997, before getting arrested again and imprisoned until 2001.
Since 2007, he has served as the leader of the Movement for Unification (Albanian: Lëvizja për Bashkim, LB), a nationalist party in Kosovo, opposing the Ahtisaari Plan and seeking reunification with Albania; he is currently in his second term.