Bujar Osmani | |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start: | 30 August 2020 |
Term End: | 23 June 2024 |
Primeminister: | Zoran Zaev Dimitar Kovačevski Talat Xhaferi |
Predecessor: | Nikola Dimitrov |
Successor: | Timčo Mucunski |
Office1: | Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
Term Start1: | 1 January 2023 |
Term End1: | 1 January 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Zbigniew Rau |
Successor1: | Ian Borg |
Office2: | Minister of Health |
Term Start2: | 27 July 2008 |
Term End2: | 28 July 2011 |
Primeminister2: | Nikola Gruevski |
Predecessor2: | Imer Selmani |
Successor2: | Nikola Todorov |
Office3: | Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (North Macedonia) |
Primeminister3: | Zoran Zaev Oliver Spasovski |
Term Start3: | 31 May 2017 |
Term End3: | 30 August 2020 |
Successor3: | Nikola Dimitrov |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1979 |
Birth Place: | Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Macedonian |
Party: | DUI |
Spouse: | Valbona Hoxha (m. 2012) |
Signature: | Bujar Osmani (nënshkrim).svg |
Signature Size: | 100px |
Bujar Osmani (born 11 September 1979[1]) is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia from 2020 until 2024 and Minister of Health from 2008 until 2011. In June 2017, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European affairs.[2] On 30 August 2020, Osmani became Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] Osmani was the first Macedonian of Albanian descent to lead the top diplomatic post in North Macedonia.[4]
He was previously a doctor at the Public Hospital in Skopje.[5]
On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania. Osmani was part of a delegation of Albanian politicians from North Macedonia visiting the earthquake epicentre that expressed their condolences to Albanian president Ilir Meta.[6]
With North Macedonia assuming the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for 2023, Osmani became the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on 1 January 2023.[7] [8]
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