Born on March 31, 1954. Tirana, Albania.
Civil Status Married. Two sons
Nationality Albanian
EDUCATION “Qing Hua” University, Beijing, China. Faculty of
Electronic Engineering, specialised for Information
Technology.
Tirana University, Department of History. Master
Degree. Thesis: "European Security Architecture
and the Role of the OSCE".
Doctorate thesis “Albania and new security architecture”
Foreign languages: English, Chinese, Working level of Polish, Italian.
Working Experience:
1978-1982 Albanian state oil company, Fier. Responsible engineer at the centre for processing seismic information. Academy of Science of Albania. Institute of Applied Mathematics. Ministry of Finance, Economic Information Processing Centre.
1982-1986 Joined Foreign Service of Albania. Third Secretary, Embassy of Albania, Beijing, China. In charge of Press and Political Affairs.
1986-1990 Second Secretary, Embassy of Albania in Warsaw, Poland. In charge
of press and political affairs.
1990-1992 Albanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, desk officer for East Asia, Far East and Pacific. Desk officer for relations with United States of America.
Director of the Department in charge of Asia, Pacific and USA.
1992-1994 Ambassador of Albania to the USA.
1994-1997 Ambassador of Albania to Hungary.
1997-2002 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Albania to UN, OSCE and
other International Organisations in Vienna.
2002-2006 General Secretary of the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2006-2009 Ambassador of Albania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
2009-2010 Head of newly opened Embassy of Albania in Brasilia. Federative Republic of Brazil.
2010-2012 Director of the Albanian National Institute of Diaspora at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2012-2013 Diplomatic Adviser to the Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania.
Other Activities
Member of working groups formulating Foreign Policy Objectives. (Policy Planning)
Head of Delegation representing Albania in International Organizations.
Author of publications, Interviews in the local and International Media on the issues related to Foreign Affairs. Translation of books on International Relations.
Lectures and speeches on international relations.
Mediterranean University, University Kristal, Albanian Media
Institute. Subjects- Public International Law, International
Relations, European Institutions and European Law, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy.
