Edmond Haxhinasto
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Edmond Haxhinasto is the current deputy Prime Minister of Albania
and the minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in Albania
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Edmond Haxhinasto was born in Tirana
on the 16th November 1966. Haxhinasto graduated from the University of Tirana
, Faculty of History and Philology, English Chair in1989 with a Diploma in English. His post - graduate education includes a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the International Executive Center, Brdo, Slovenia in 1996. In 2000, he completed a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
, New Jersey
. After a brief engagement in educational and national youth organizations, worked as Head of Foreign Relations at the Parliament of the Republic of Albania from September 1991 to July 1992. From 1993 to 1997 was engaged in the private sector. From August 1997- July 1999 served at the Office of the Prime Minister as Head of Coordination Department. He was also Government Representative for the Emergency Management Group set up to manage the situation of Kosovan refugees in Albania. In 1998, was Chair of the Anti-Corruption Monitoring Group in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Government’s plan to combat corruption.
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
and the minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Albania)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the ministry in the Government of Albania which is in charge of foreign relations and admission of Albania into the European Union and NATO. The current minister is Edmond Haxhinasto, who replaced Ilir Meta due to a corruption scandal....
in Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
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Edmond Haxhinasto was born in Tirana
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
on the 16th November 1966. Haxhinasto graduated from the University of Tirana
University of Tirana
The University of Tirana is a public university located in Tirana, Albania.-History:UT was founded in 1957 as the State University of Tirana through the merging of five existing institutes of higher education, the most important of which was the Institute of Sciences, founded in 1947...
, Faculty of History and Philology, English Chair in1989 with a Diploma in English. His post - graduate education includes a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the International Executive Center, Brdo, Slovenia in 1996. In 2000, he completed a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. After a brief engagement in educational and national youth organizations, worked as Head of Foreign Relations at the Parliament of the Republic of Albania from September 1991 to July 1992. From 1993 to 1997 was engaged in the private sector. From August 1997- July 1999 served at the Office of the Prime Minister as Head of Coordination Department. He was also Government Representative for the Emergency Management Group set up to manage the situation of Kosovan refugees in Albania. In 1998, was Chair of the Anti-Corruption Monitoring Group in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Government’s plan to combat corruption.
- From July 2000 to October 2001 served as Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister.
- From November 2001 to July 2002 served as Charge d’ Affairs e.p. at the Albanian Embassy in BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. - From August 2002 – September 2003 worked as Chief of Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- From April 2004 - May 2005 was Advisor to Mr. Ilir Meta, in his capacity as Member of the International Commission on the Balkans.
- In February 2004 became Co-Founder of the Institute for Peace, Development and Integration.
- From 2004 has held the post of International Secretary, Head of National Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Socialist Movement for IntegrationSocialist Movement for IntegrationThe Socialist Movement for Integration is a social democratic Albanian political party. It was formed in 2004 after Ilir Meta quit the Socialist Party of Albania.At the elections in July 2005 the party won five seats in the Parliament...
(LSI). - From October 2009 – September 2010 served as Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport.
- Since 16 September 2010 has held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania.
- As from 17 January 2011 Mr. Edmond Haxhinasto holds the position of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania.