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Jozefina Topalli
Chairperson of the Parliament of Albania
In office 3 September 2005 – 10 September 2013
Preceded by	Servet Pëllumbi
Succeeded by	Ilir Meta
Member of the Parliament
In office September 1997 – September 2017
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-26) 26 November 1963 (age 60) Luigj Gurakuqi University University of Tirana
Signature
Website	Official website

Jozefina Çoba Topalli (born November 26, 1963) is an

.

She is married and has two children.

Studies and early jobs

Jozefina Çoba Topalli graduated from

From 1992 to 1995, she worked at the

Luigj Gurakuqi University in Shkodra

.

Topalli has been a member of the

national legislature

since 1997.

In 2005, Topalli was elected

Assembly of the Republic of Albania

, and retained her position in 2009.

Political career

At the

; she was subsequently re-elected four times. She has been member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Family, and also as Deputy President of the Children’s Committee.

Since 1996, Topalli has been Deputy Chair of the Democratic Party of Albania.

Parliament Speaker

Jozefina Çoba Topalli is the first woman

in all the parliamentary history of the country and the sixth Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania in the pluralistic parliamentary history since 1991. She assumed her duties in September 2005, and was re-elected as Speaker of Parliament for a second four-year mandate in September 2009. In two previous consecutive legislatures (1997–2001; 2001–2005), Topalli served as Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.

In September 2005, in her speech at the oath-taking ceremony as Speaker of the Albanian Assembly, Jozefina Çoba Topalli underlined her steady determination to be an advocate of the opposition, too. ^{[citation needed]}

In the framework of

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Honours

For her successful career and political and parliamentary engagements, in 2010, Jozefina Topalli was awarded the prized “Mediterranean Award” by the International Mediterranean Forum for Peace, consigned by

Jozefina Topalli was declared the First Ambassador of UNICEF for the protection of children’s rights in the country by the UNICEF office in Albania, as well as representatives of NGOs and institutions dealing with children’s rights. ^{[citation needed]}

For her valuable contribution in politics, Topalli was awarded the “Medal of Honour” by the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of

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Also, as Speaker of Parliament, Topalli was honoured with the international title “Millennium Peace Award: Cavaliere per la Pace” by the International Peace Union, at the

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In April 2012, the

References

Political offices
Preceded by Servet Pëllumbi	Chairperson of Parliament 2005–2013	Succeeded by Ilir Meta