Ditmir Bushati
Ditmir Bushati | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 15 September 2013 – 21 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Aldo Bumçi |
| Succeeded by | Edi Rama |
| Chairperson of the Committee for European Integration | |
| In office 2009–2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Sali Berisha |
| Succeeded by | Majlinda Bregu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1977 Shkodër, Albania |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Aida Bushati |
| Children | Hera Martin |
| Alma mater | University of Tirana Leiden University |
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Ditmir Bushati (born 24 March 1977) is an Albanian politician and diplomat who served as
Early life and education
Bushati was born in
]Bushati was a Research Fellow in Public International Law at
Bushati has lectured on European Law and the EU enlargement process at different institutions and universities in Albania and Kosovo. He has published numerous scientific papers and articles in areas related to the EU enlargement process, public international law and European law. He is fluent in English and Italian, and has good knowledge of French.[citation needed]
Career
Civil society positions
Prior to his political career Ditmir Bushati was a civil society leader and a Founding Director of the
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He is a member of
Civil service
Ditmir Bushati served as Director for Legal Approximation at the Albanian Ministry of European Integration. In that capacity he was part of the team negotiating the
Political career
Standing as a candidate of the Socialist Party of Albania, Bushati was first elected as a Member of Parliament for the Tirana District in the 2009 parliamentary election. He was re-elected in the June 2013 parliamentary elections for the same district.
As an MP, he chaired the Parliamentary Committee for European Integration (2011-2013) and was a member of the Joint EU-Albania Parliamentary Committee (2009-2013). In November 2011, Bushati was elected as a Member of the Steering Committee of the Socialist Party.[citation needed]
He served as
In August 2016, he met with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi at Zhongnanhai to discussion Albania-Chinese relations[2] In January 2017, he called for cooperation with Iran in matters concerning energy, agriculture, and tourism after a two-day stay in Tehran.[3]
Later career
In 2020, the government of Prime Minister Rama nominated Bushati as its candidate for the post as Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).[4]
Other activities
- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member[5]
Personal life
He is married to Aida Bushati and they have two children, Hera and Martin. Ditmir Bushati is the great grandson of Süleyman Bushati. He is a part of the Bushati family a feudal Albanian family in the Ottoman era.
See also
- List of current foreign ministers
- List of ministers of foreign affairs of Albania
References
- ^ "Albania: eight ministers leave in cabinet reshuffle". ANSAmed. 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Yang Jiechi Meets with Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati of Albania", Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of Poland, August 26, 2016, retrieved March 23, 2017
- ^ "Albania calls for co-op with Iran in energy, agriculture, tourism", Tehran Times, January 15, 2017, retrieved March 23, 2017
- ^ Stephanie Liechtenstein (September 21, 2020), Exclusive: Eleven candidates considered for top OSCE posts Security and Human Rights.
- ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
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