Bujar Nishani

Bujar Nishani
6th President of Albania
Assumed office
24 July 2012
Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Edi Rama
Preceded by Bamir Topi
Minister of the Interior
In office
25 April 2011 – 12 June 2012
Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Preceded by Lulzim Basha
Succeeded by Flamur Noka
In office
20 March 2007 – 17 September 2009
Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Preceded by Gjergj Lezhja (Acting)
Succeeded by Lulzim Basha
Minister of Justice
In office
17 September 2009 – 25 April 2011
Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Preceded by Enkelejd Alibeaj
Succeeded by Eduard Halimi
Personal details
Born (1966-09-29) 29 September 1966
Durrës, Albania
Political party Democratic Party, Independent (2012-)
Spouse(s) Odeta Kosova
Children Ersi
Fiona
Alma mater Skanderbeg Military University
University of Tirana
Website Official website

Bujar Faik Nishani (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 San Antonio, Texas and California. In 2004, he graduated at the Law Faculty of University of Tirana. He completed his master in European studies.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1] In 2011 he replaced Lulzim Basha as Minister of the Interior.[2]

On 12 June 2012, after winning the presidential election, Nishani resigned as Minister of the Interior.[3] He was sworn in as President in front of the Parliament of Albania on 24 July 2012.

Presidential Visits

Date Countries Places visited Narrative
30 August 2012  Kosovo Pristina and Prizren State visit in Kosovo.[4]
21-28 September 2012  United States New York City 67th Session of the UN General Assembly[5]
28 December 2012  Italy Rome State visit in Italy[6]
17 February 2013  Kosovo Pristina Celebrations on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Independence of Kosovo.[7][8]
12–13 June 2013  Slovakia Bratislava 18th Central Europe Summit of Heads of State in Bratislava[9][10]
19-20 June 2013  Israel Jerusalem and Karmiel State visit in Israel[11]
1 July 2013  Croatia Zagreb Celebration in Zagreb on the occasion of the entry of Croatia into the European Union[12][13][14]
24-28 September 2013  United States New York City 68th Session of the UN General Assembly[15][16]
25 June 2014  Romania Bucharest The Summit of Heads of States of the member countries of SEECP[17]
24-26 August 2014  Austria Alpbach Meeting of the European Forum Alpbach[18]
28 August 2014  Turkey Ankara The swearing-in ceremony of the new Head of State of Turkey[19]
24-26 September 2014  United States New York City 69th Session of the UN General Assembly[20]
27 October 2014  Slovenia Ljubjana State visit in Slovenia[21]
22-24 March 2015  Montenegro Podgorica, Ulcinj, Tuz State visit in Montenegro[22]
8-9 April 2015  Italy Calabria State visit on the centers inhabited by Arbëresh population in Calabria[23]
25 April 2015  Turkey Istanbul Peace summit begins in Istanbul to commemorate Battle of Gallipoli centennial[24]
8 June 2015  Montenegro Budva Brdo-Brijuni Process summit[25]
6 October 2015  Bulgaria Sofia State visit in Bulgaria.[26]
29 November 2015  France Paris United nations conference on climate change[27]
24 February 2016  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo State visit in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[28]
28 April 2016  Belgium Brussels Summit of NATO member states[29]
9 May 2016  Croatia Zagreb State visit in Croatia.[30]
1 July 2016  Austria Vienna The Crans Montana Forum in Vienna[31][32]
23-25 September 2016  United States New York City and Chicago 71st Session of the UN General Assembly[33]
5 October 2016  Jordan Amman State visit in Jordan[34]
11 October 2016  Italy Rome Meeting with Albanian immigrants in Italy.[35]
7 November 2016  Sovereign Military Order of Malta Rome, Palazzo Malta Official visit in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta[36]
29 November 2016  Turkey Istanbul Bosphorus Summit in Istanbul [37]
02 December 2016  Belgium Brussels Brussels conference on Albania’s Communist-era crimes [38] [39]

Personal life

Nishani is married to Odeta Nishani and has 2 children. He was born into a secular Bektashi Muslim family.

Awards and honors

National honors

Foreign Honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Official biography Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ (Italian) Agenzia Nova, 20 April 2011
  3. ↑ Takim përshëndetës me stafin e Ministrisë së Brendshme i Z. Bujar Nishani pas zgjedhjes në postin e Presidentit të Republikës Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine., Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Albania, 12 June 2012 (in Albanian)
  4. ↑ http://president.al/?p=1068
  5. ↑ http://www.un.org/en/ga/67/meetings/
  6. ↑ http://president.al/?p=5497
  7. ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-celebrates-5-years-independence-154751781.html?ref=gs
  8. ↑ http://president.al/?p=6228
  9. ↑ http://www.bratislava.mfa.gov.rs/gallerytext.php?subaction=showfull&id=1374137239&ucat=101,111,123&template=Headlines&
  10. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/news.php?IDNotizia=162075
  11. ↑ http://president.al/?p=9836
  12. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-23118035
  13. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/news.php?IDNotizia=164859
  14. ↑ http://president.al/?p=10076
  15. ↑ http://www.un.org/en/ga/68/meetings/
  16. ↑ http://president.al/?p=11910
  17. ↑ http://president.al/?p=18772&lang=en
  18. ↑ http://president.al/?p=20330&lang=en
  19. ↑ http://president.al/?p=20430&lang=en
  20. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/pdf/new/FJALA%20e%20Presidentit%20Nishani%20ne%20OKB%20-%2025%20shtator%202014.pdf
  21. ↑ http://president.al/?p=21957&lang=en
  22. ↑ http://president.al/?p=25794
  23. ↑ http://president.al/?p=26209&lang=en
  24. ↑ http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2015/04/23/peace-summit-begins-in-istanbul-to-commemorate-battle-of-gallipoli-centennial
  25. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/news.php?IDNotizia=297774
  26. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/news.php?IDNotizia=319783
  27. ↑ http://president.al/?p=30273
  28. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/news.php?IDNotizia=343707
  29. ↑ http://president.al/?p=33302&lang=en
  30. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/news.php?IDNotizia=355477
  31. ↑ http://www.cmf.ch/wp-content/uploads/Programme-Final-CMF-2016.pdf
  32. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/skedat/2724/fjala-e-plote-e-falenderimit-te-presidentit-te-republikes-pas-marrjes-se-cmimit-te-fondacionit-2016-nga-forumi-i-crans-montanas-363855.html
  33. ↑ http://www.un.org/en/ga/71/meetings/
  34. ↑ http://president.al/?p=36530
  35. ↑ http://www.oranews.tv/ora-english/president-in-italy-nishani-held-a-meeting-with-albanian-immigrants/
  36. ↑ http://president.al/?p=37150
  37. ↑ http://president.al/?p=37774
  38. ↑ Brussels conference on Albania’s Communist-era crimes
  39. ↑ Presidenti Nishani në Konferencën mbi “Krimet e regjimit komunist në Shqipëri”: “Lufta e klasave, krim çnjerëzor në emër të luftës për pushtet!”
  40. ↑ http://president.al/?p=37032
  41. ↑ Sito web del Quirinale: dettaglio decorato. Archived 30 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  42. ↑ Italia-Albania, Napolitano giunto a Tirana per visita di Stato
  43. ↑ http://president.al/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Revista_Presidenca_5.pdf
  44. ↑ http://shqiptarja.com/Politike/2732/nishani-dekorohet-nga-homologu-bullgar-me-urdhrin---39-stara-planina--39--359127.html
  45. ↑ https://www.orderofmalta.int/2016/11/07/grand-master-fra-matthew-festing-receives-president-albania-bujar-nishani-official-visit/
  46. ↑ http://president.al/?p=37150

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Political offices
Preceded by
Gjergj Lezhja
Acting		 Minister of the Interior
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Lulzim Basha
Preceded by
Enkelejd Alibeaj		 Minister of Justice
2009–2011 		Succeeded by
Eduard Halimi
Preceded by
Lulzim Basha		 Minister of the Interior
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
Flamur Noka
Preceded by
Bamir Topi		 President of Albania
2012–present 		Incumbent
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