{{Short description|Albanian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2015}} {{Expert needed|Kosovo|talk=|reason=Limited English sources available with seemingly contradictory information|date=December 2015}} '''Adem Salihaj''' (born 25 December 1950) is a Kosovar Albanian politician who was a former deputy prime minister of Kosovo<ref name=McAllester>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/110321/kosovo-intelligence-services|title=Kosovo's Mafia: Assassinations and intimidation|work=Global Post|date=March 28, 2011|accessdate=December 27, 2015|first=Matt|last=McAllester}}</ref> and was the acting prime minister of Kosovo from 8–25 March 2005. He represented the Democratic League of Kosovo.
Salihaj was born in the Duraj village of Kaçanik. He studied Albanian language and literature in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pristina. He worked for several years as a journalist of ''Bota e re'' (New world) newspaper and for the Radio Television of Pristina. Due to his political activities he was processed in court five times, imprisoned three times by the Yugoslav authorities, and spent a total of 12 years in jail. He was a signatory of the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.<ref name=Salihaj>{{cite web|url=http://kallxo.com/adem-salihaj/|title=Adem Salihaj|language=Albanian|date=29 May 2014|website=kallxo.com|accessdate=December 27, 2015|archive-date=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912022318/https://kallxo.com/adem-salihaj/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Salihaj claims to have been the victim of an assassination attempt on June 12, 2000 which he believes was orchestrated by Kosovo's National Intelligence Service with the approval of Hashim Thaci.<ref name=McAllester />
In 2005, Salihahj was accused by the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo and the ORA of being involved in organized crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neurope.eu/article/un-police-steps-security-around-kosovo-president/|title=UN police steps up security around Kosovo president|date=May 1, 2005|accessdate=December 27, 2015|work=New Europe|author=Brussels team|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105033204/http://neurope.eu/article/un-police-steps-security-around-kosovo-president/|archive-date=January 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Salihaj and Speaker Nexhat Daci were removed from their posts in March 2006 after the death of Ibrahim Rugova and went on to form the Democratic League of Dardania.<ref>{{cite book|title=Political Handbook of the World 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNGfBwAAQBAJ&dq=Adem+Salihaj&pg=PT3389|first=Tom|last=Lansford|publisher=CQ Press|date=March 24, 2015|isbn = 9781483371559}}</ref>
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