{{Short description|Kosovar politician and military commander}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Anton Quni | native_name = | native_name_lang = | honorific_suffix = | image = Anton Quni.jpg | image_size = 230px | alt = | order = | office = Minister of Defense of Kosovo | term_start = 3 February 2020 | term_end = 22 March 2021 | president = Hashim Thaçi | prime_minister = Albin Kurti | predecessor = Rrustem Berisha | successor = Armend Mehaj | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|6|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Fshaj, Djakovica, SFR Yugoslavia<br />(present-day Kosovo) | party = Democratic League of Kosovo | spouse = | children = 4 | education = | alma_mater = Belgrade Military Academy<br />Sarajevo Military Academy | occupation = Politician and soldier | profession = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|SFR Yugoslavia}} (until 1990)<br />{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Kosova}}20px{{flagicon|Kosovo|UNMIK}}{{flag|Kosovo}} (since 1998)}} | branch = Yugoslav People's Army<br />Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova Kosovo Liberation Army<br />Kosovo Protection Corps<br />Kosovo Security Force | service_years = 1986–1990<br />1998–2010 | rank = | unit = KSF Rapid Reaction Brigade | commands = | battles = Kosovo War<br /> *Battle of Košare *Operation Fenix | mawards = }} '''Anton Quni''' (born 9 June 1967) is the Kosovar and former Minister of Defence of Kosovo and of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkish, Kosovar officials discuss regional security|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkish-kosovar-officials-discuss-regional-security/1989583|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref> as well as the former Commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Anton Quni - Minister of Defence |url=https://mod.rks-gov.net/?page=2,700 |website=mod-rks.gov.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226224555/https://mod.rks-gov.net/?page=2,700 |archive-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>
==Career== Quni studied at the Military Academy in Belgrade and with the highest grades was promoted as a career officer with the Yugoslav People's Army.<ref name="bio" /> With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, he went to live in Switzerland and Croatia. When war erupted in Kosovo in 1998, he left Switzerland to take part. Quni joined the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) under the command of the Minister of War, Colonel Ahmet Krasniqi.<ref name="bio" /> With his unit, he conducted successful military operations in breaking the Yugoslav-Albanian border, in Koshare. Quni along with commanders Agim Ramadani, Sali Çekaj, Xhemajl Fetahu, and other soldiers took part in the Battle of Koshare.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Since 2010, Quni has been a strong voice of the citizens in the Kosovo Parliament.
After the war, he served in the Kosovo Protection Corps and Kosovo Security Forces. From 2010 to 2017, he was Member of Parliament Commission for Internal Affairs, Security and Oversight of the Kosovo Security Forces. From 2017 to 2019, he was Member of Parliament Commission for Oversight of Kosovo Intelligence Agency.<ref name="bio" />
He was the Chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo Party for Prizren from 9 September 2017 to 14 March 2021.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
==Personal== Anton Quni is married to a Croatian woman with whom he has four children.<ref>https://zeri.info/showbiz/141181/kjo-eshte-gruaja-kroate-e-deputetit-anton-quni-video/</ref>
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