Bujar Nishani

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Albanian politician

A.K.A.

Bujar Faik Nishani

Gender:

Male

Places:

Albania

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Politician

Work field:

Politics

Birth:

29 September 1966(Durrës)

Star sign:

Libra

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Biography

Introduction

Bujar Faik Nishani (former Bujar Faik Mehmeti; born 29 September 1966; Albanian pronunciation: [buˌjaɹ niˈʃani]) is an Albanian politician, the sixth and current President of Albania since July 2012. At the time of his election, Nishani was a member of the Democratic Party of Albania, an MP, and the Minister of Interior. Constitutionally he had to resign all three posts due to his election as president. The Albanian Parliament elected Nishani as president with a simple majority of 73 votes out of 140, without consensus from the opposition.

Personal life and education

Bujar Nishani was born in Durrës, Albania on 29 September 1966. In 1988, he graduated from the Military Academy "Skanderbej". In 1996, he followed his master studies in the United States at the Naval Postgraduate School. In 2004, he graduated at the Law Faculty of University of Tirana. He completed his master in European studies.

Politics

Bujar Nishani joined the Democratic Party of Albania in 1991, after the fall of communism. He worked as chief of foreign relations in the Ministry of Defense and then as head of the office of NATO relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1996, he was appointed as Minister of Defense.

After the Democratic Party lost the 1997 parliamentary election, he lost his office and became chairman of the NGO for Euro-Atlantic Army. In 2001 he was elected general secretary of the DP's branch in Tirana and in 2004 member of the Tirana city council.

He won the 2005 election in the 34th electoral zone in the capital against the Minister of Police and Security, Igli Toska. After leading the National Security Parliamentary Commission he was nominated as Minister of the Interior by Prime Minister Sali Berisha, and in September 2009, after a second electoral victory, he was nominated as Minister of Justice. In 2011 he replaced Lulzim Basha as Minister of the Interior.

On 12 June 2012, after winning the presidential election, Nishani resigned as Minister of the Interior. He was sworn in as President in front of the Parliament of Albania on 24 July 2012.

Presidency

During his Presidency Nishani focused on the European integration process of the country and global challenges affecting Albania like the immigrant crisis or combating Islamic extremism and radicalization.

During his last addressing to the United Nations on September 2016 at the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly he said that his country would address these global challenges in close cooperation with other actors. Its actions would include increasing humanitarian aid, ratifying the Paris Agreement on climate change and implementing all commitments in the security realm.

During most State visits abroad Mr. Nishani's policy was maximally oriented towards strengthening good-neighborly relations, citing its support for Kosovo’s participation in all multilateral regional and international activities.

Presidential Visits

Date	Countries	Places visited	Narrative
30 August 2012	Kosovo	Pristina and Prizren	State visit in Kosovo.
21-28 September 2012	United States	New York City	67th Session of the UN General Assembly
28 December 2012	Italy	Rome	State visit in Italy
17 February 2013	Kosovo	Pristina	Celebrations on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Independence of Kosovo.
12–13 June 2013	Slovakia	Bratislava	18th Central Europe Summit of Heads of State in Bratislava
19-20 June 2013	Israel	Jerusalem and Karmiel	State visit in Israel
1 July 2013	Croatia	Zagreb	Celebration in Zagreb on the occasion of the entry of Croatia into the European Union
24-28 September 2013	United States	New York City	68th Session of the UN General Assembly
25 June 2014	Romania	Bucharest	The Summit of Heads of States of the member countries of SEECP
24-26 August 2014	Austria	Alpbach	Meeting of the European Forum Alpbach
28 August 2014	Turkey	Ankara	The swearing-in ceremony of the new Head of State of Turkey
24-26 September 2014	United States	New York City	69th Session of the UN General Assembly
27 October 2014	Slovenia	Ljubjana	State visit in Slovenia
22-24 March 2015	Montenegro	Podgorica, Ulcinj, Tuz	State visit in Montenegro
8-9 April 2015	Italy	Calabria	State visit on the centers inhabited by Arbëresh population in Calabria
25 April 2015	Turkey	Istanbul	Peace summit begins in Istanbul to commemorate Battle of Gallipoli centennial
8 June 2015	Montenegro	Budva	Brdo-Brijuni Process summit
6 October 2015	Bulgaria	Sofia	State visit in Bulgaria.
29 November 2015	France	Paris	United nations conference on climate change
24 February 2016	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	State visit in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
28 April 2016	Belgium	Brussels	Summit of NATO member states
9 May 2016	Croatia	Zagreb	State visit in Croatia.
1 July 2016	Austria	Vienna	The Crans Montana Forum in Vienna
23-25 September 2016	United States	New York City and Chicago	71st Session of the UN General Assembly
5 October 2016	Jordan	Amman	State visit in Jordan
11 October 2016	Italy	Rome	Meeting with Albanian immigrants in Italy.
7 November 2016	Sovereign Military Order of Malta	Rome, Palazzo Malta	Official visit in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
29 November 2016	Turkey	Istanbul	Bosphorus Summit in Istanbul
2 December 2016	Belgium	Brussels	Brussels conference on Albania’s Communist-era crimes
18 December 2016	Germany	Berlin	The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy
21 - 22 Decembe 2016	Turkey	Ankara, Istanbul	State Visit in Turkey