Ditmir Bushati
| Ditmir Bushati | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 15 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Aldo Bumçi |
| Chairperson of the Committee for European Integration | |
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In office 2009–2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Sali Berisha |
| Succeeded by | Majlinda Bregu |
| Personal details | |
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24 March 1977 Shkodër, Albania |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Aida Bushati |
| Children | Hera Martin |
| Alma mater |
University of Tirana Leiden University |
Ditmir Bushati (born 24 March 1977) is an Albanian politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since September 2013. He previously chaired the Parliamentary Committee for European Integration.
Bushati was born in Shkodër, Albania on March 24, 1977. Bushati graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana in 1999 with the highest honors, and he received a master's degree in Public International Law (LL.M) from Leiden University in the Netherlands in 2001.
Bushati was a Research Fellow in Public International Law at TMC Asser Institute, in the Hague. He spent also one year as a TEMPUS Fellow in Greece at the European Public Law Centre of the University of Athens, specializing in EU Law, and has received a diploma from the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and from the Academy of American and International Law, Dallas and Abo Academy University, Finland.
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.
Prior to his political career Ditmir Bushati was a civil society leader and a Founding Director of the European Movement Albania (EMA).
He is a member of European Council on Foreign Affairs and has also served as analyst for Freedom House (2007-2008) for the Nations in Transition Report, National Reporter for the European Society of International Law (ESIL), and National Coordinator of the Open Society Foundation’s project monitoring Albania's progress in the European integration process (2006-2008). He has worked as consultant for various projects of the EU, WB, USAID, GIZ, OSI, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, IOM, SNV.
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