16 Facts About Ditmir Bushati

Ditmir Bushati was born on 24 March 1977 and is an Albanian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2019.

Ditmir Bushati previously chaired the Parliamentary Committee for European Integration.

Ditmir Bushati was a Research Fellow in Public International Law at TMC Asser Institute, in the Hague.

Ditmir Bushati spent 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.

Ditmir Bushati has lectured on European Law and the EU enlargement process at different institutions and universities in Albania and Kosovo.

Ditmir Bushati has published numerous scientific papers and articles in areas related to the EU enlargement process, public international law and European law.

Ditmir Bushati is fluent in English and Italian, and has good knowledge of French.

Ditmir Bushati is a member of European Council on Foreign Affairs and has served as analyst for Freedom House for the Nations in Transition Report, National Reporter for the European Society of International Law, and National Coordinator of the Open Society Foundations' project monitoring Albania's progress in the European integration process.

Ditmir Bushati has worked as consultant for various projects of the EU, WB, USAID, GIZ, OSI, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, IOM, SNV.

Ditmir Bushati served as Director for Legal Approximation at the Albanian Ministry of European Integration.

Ditmir Bushati worked as Advisor on European Affairs to the Deputy Prime Minister, as Legal Advisor to the Constitutional Court, the Office of the President of the Republic of Albania and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Ditmir Bushati was re-elected in the June 2013 parliamentary elections for the same district.

In November 2011, Ditmir Bushati was elected as a Member of the Steering Committee of the Socialist Party.

Ditmir Bushati served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 2013, when he replaced Aldo Bumci, to December 2018, when he was replaced by Gent Cakaj.

Ditmir Bushati is married to Aida Bushati and they have two children, Hera and Martin.

Ditmir Bushati is a part of the Bushati family a feudal Albanian family in the Ottoman era.