Nakon plebiscita koji su sami organizirali i koji nisu priznali niti Beograd niti ijedna strana vlada, intelektualac i pisac kosovskih Albanaca Ibrahim Rugova – osnivač Demokratske lige Kosova (LDK) – izabran je za predsjednika samoproglašene Republike Kosovo u maju 1992.
Following a self-organised plebiscite not recognised by Belgrade or any foreign government, Kosovo Albanian intellectual and writer Ibrahim Rugova -- the founder of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) -- was elected president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo in May 1992.