FACTBOX-Guerrilla commander, statesman, defendant: Kosovo's Hashim…

PRISTINA, March 31 (Reuters) - Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci goes on trial at the Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Monday accused of responsibility for killings of civilians during the 1998-99 uprising against Serbian rule when he was guerrilla commander. Here are key facts about the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander who helped guide his ethnic Albanian-majority nation to independence and served as head of state before resigning to face a war crimes indictment. * Born on April 24, 1968, Thaci embraced the Kosovo national liberation cause in his teens, becoming head of the students' union at the Best…