Rahman Morina
Encyclopedia
Rahman Morina (1943 – 12 October 1990), was an (Albanian
) police officer and political figure. He is remembered as a collaborator of the Slobodan Milosevic
regime.
, as the latter did not prove himself accountable enough in the eyes of the government in Belgrade
.
, due to the Milosevic-orchestrated removal of Azem Vllasi
and Kaqusha Jashari
from the Kosovan party leadership, as he was one of very few non-Slavic opponents of tendencies of Kosovan separatism.
Morina came to be seen as a pliant proxy of the Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic
, who although initially despised Morina, and once went to the Yugoslavian president Lazar Mojsov
, furiously demanding Morina's removal from the Kosovan government (and the rest of it). Milosevic even threatened to resign from his office as leader of the League of Communists of Serbia
, if Morina was not ousted.
, while attending the constituent convention of the Kosovan branch of the Socialist Party of Serbia
. The official death cause was labelled a heart attack, but persistent rumors says he was actually poisoned at the convention.
n lawyer
, government minister, and Commissioner for Refugees of Serbia
.
Albanians in Kosovo
Albanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . According to the 1991 Serbian census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population...
) police officer and political figure. He is remembered as a collaborator of the Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
regime.
Early career
Morina had a career as an agent of the Ministry of Interior of Yugoslavia, and later on as a party official in the League of Communists of Kosovo. He rose through the ranks and was in 1981 appointed as Kosovo's interior minister, and held thereby the top law enforcement office in the province. In March the same year, in the wake of the 1981 riots in Kosovo, he called in Serbian police to quell the uprising, without informing or consulting the provincial government. This act contributed to the resignation of Kosovan party boss Mahmut BakalliMahmut Bakalli
Mahmut Bakalli was a Kosovar Albanian politician.Bakalli's political career started in the youth organization of the League of Communists of Kosovo, eventually becoming its leader in 1961. In 1967, he became head of the party's Prishtina chapter...
, as the latter did not prove himself accountable enough in the eyes of the government in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
Leader of Kosovo
Morina was installed as leader of the Kosovan wing of the League of Communists of YugoslaviaLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia , before 1952 the Communist Party of Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Jugoslavije/Савез комуниста Југославије, Slovene: Zveza komunistov Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na...
, due to the Milosevic-orchestrated removal of Azem Vllasi
Azem Vllasi
- Early years :In his youth and student years, Vllasi chaired a number of youth organizations; the student league of Kosovo and of Yugoslavia, and from 1974, the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia. As socialist youth chairman, he became popular and gained the support of President Tito, which...
and Kaqusha Jashari
Kaqusha Jashari
Kaqusha Jashari born 1946 in Prishtina, Kosovo. She is a Kosovo Albanian politician and engineer and a member of the Assembly of Kosovo on the Democratic Party of Kosovo list since 2007. She is of Montenegrin descent on her mother's side....
from the Kosovan party leadership, as he was one of very few non-Slavic opponents of tendencies of Kosovan separatism.
Morina came to be seen as a pliant proxy of the Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
, who although initially despised Morina, and once went to the Yugoslavian president Lazar Mojsov
Lazar Mojsov
Dr. Lazar Mojsov was a Macedonian journalist, politician and diplomat from SFR Yugoslavia.Mojsov received his doctoral degree from the University of Belgrade's Law School. He fought for the anti-fascist partisans in World War II and continued to rise through the ranks of the Communist Party after...
, furiously demanding Morina's removal from the Kosovan government (and the rest of it). Milosevic even threatened to resign from his office as leader of the League of Communists of Serbia
League of Communists of Serbia
The League of Communists of Serbia was the Serbian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. Under a new constitution ratified in 1974, greater power was devolved to the various republic level branches. In the late 1980s, the party was...
, if Morina was not ousted.
Death
He died in 1990, at the age of 47, under suspicious circumstances in PristinaPristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....
, while attending the constituent convention of the Kosovan branch of the Socialist Party of Serbia
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
. The official death cause was labelled a heart attack, but persistent rumors says he was actually poisoned at the convention.
Private
He was married to Bratislava "Buba" Morina, a SerbiaSerbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, government minister, and Commissioner for Refugees of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
.