1. On September 14,2020, Valentina Leskaj was elected to the advisory board of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, becoming the first Muslim member of the board.
12 Facts About Valentina Leskaj
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From 2013 to 2017, Leskaj served as head of the Albanian Parliamentary Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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Valentina Leskaj was elected vice president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2014, and held the position until 2017.
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On June 25,2015, Valentina Leskaj, was elected Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for Moldova.
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Valentina Leskaj was nominated by the Socialist Group and voted with the support of all political groups at the Monitoring Committee meeting held in Strasbourg.
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Valentina Leskaj was the Albanian Parliamentary Assembly Leader for the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party from 2007 to 2009.
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From 2005 to 2013, Valentina Leskaj served as chairwoman of the Parliamentary Commission for Education and Media.
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From 2003 to 2009, Valentina Leskaj served as chairwoman of the Albanian Parliament delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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Valentina Leskaj was appointed as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Albania in 2002, a position that she held until 2004.
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Leskaj is graduated in Political Economy at the University of Tirana, Economic Faculty, Valentina Leskaj was a lecturer of this faculty from 1979 to 1987.
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Since 1994, Valentina Leskaj is cofounder and vice president of the UNESCO Center for Women and Peace in the Balkan Countries and of Inter-Balkan Women's Co-operation Societies.
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Valentina Leskaj was a founder of the Albanian Center for Population and Development, a non-profit organization established in 1995 which works for improvement of policies, legislation, the right of information and services for issues concerning population and development, and health issues including reproductive health.