Bekim Berisha

Bekim Berisha (Abeja)
Born(1966-06-15)15 June 1966[G]
Grabovac/Graboc near Peć, Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
Died10 August 1998(1998-08-10) (aged 32)
Junik, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
Allegiance
RankBrigadier General
Battles/warsCroatian War of Independence

Bosnian War

Kosovo War

AwardsOrder of Nikola Šubić Zrinski (2)
Hero of Kosovo
Order of the Croatian Cross

Bekim Berisha (Croatian: Bekim Beriša; 15 June 1966 – 10 August 1998) was a Kosovo Albanian soldier who gained prominence in the Yugoslav Wars. He served in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence. He subsequently fought in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later also in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), where he was named a general. He was killed in 1998, during the Battle of Junik, and was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.


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