Igli Hasani | |
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Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 12 September 2023 | |
President | Bajram Begaj |
Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
Preceded by | Olta Xhaçka |
Personal details | |
Education |
University of Tirana King's College London |
Igli Hasani is an Albanian politician and the current Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in Albania. [1] [2]
Hasani studied at the University of Tirana's Faculty of Social Sciences for Philosophy-Sociology and Faculty of Law, and at King's College London where he earned a master's degree in international relations. At the same time, he has completed a variety of high-level professional credentials at places like the Marshall Center in Germany and the Royal College of UK Defense Studies. [3] [4]
Hasani has worked for the Ministry of Defence for 17 years (2001–2018) [3] in a variety of executive positions, including Director of NATO and contacts with Foreign Countries and Director of Euro-Atlantic Integrations. [5] [6] [4]
Igli Hasani was Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Vienna, Austria. [1] [7] [8]
From January 2018 to November 2021, he was head of the Mission of Albania to the OSCE. In the period from October 2021 to September 2023, Igli Hasani held the position of OSCE Coordinator for Economic-Environmental Affairs. This was the highest position held by an Albanian citizen in the OSCE since Albania's membership in the Organization in 1991. [1] [9] [10] [8] [7]
In December 2018, Albania received the support of the participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to chair the Organization in 2020. The Albanian Chairmanship of the OSCE would be the first time that Albania would chair the world’s largest regional security organization, thus taking on an unprecedented responsibility in multilateral diplomacy. To this end, in the years 2019-2021 when Albania was part of the OSCE leadership Troika, Ambassador Hasani led an international team composed of 40+ Albanian and foreign diplomats and experts, work which culminated in the Albanian Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2020. [11] [12] [13]
In a very difficult year marked by the global pandemic of COVID-19, Albania, under the leadership of Prime Minister Rama as the Chair in Office of the OSCE, and Ambassador Hasani in Vienna as Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council, achieved concrete results for the Organization, which included the non-interrupted operations in virtual format for the first time in history, as well as the election of the 4 OSCE leadership positions. Also, in the Ministerial of Tirana, the first held under pandemic conditions and in an almost fully virtual format and without the possibility of in person negotiations, the Albanian Chairmanship managed to secure consensus for the adoption of 11 decisions of the Council of Ministers of the OSCE, in each of the dimensions of the work of the Organization, specifically that of security, economic-environmental, and human rights. The Albanian chairmanship of the OSCE was widely considered successful, proving the readiness of Albania and its diplomatic service for important tasks in the international arena. [14] [15] [16]
He took over as Chairman of the Group of Asian Partners for Cooperation in January 2021. [6]
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