EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
(residence in Moscow)
Name: Arben
Surname: Gazioni
Birth day: 18.03.1962
Birth place: Kavajë, Albania
Studies and qualifications:
1986 Graduated at Tirana University, Faculty of History-Philology (Branch of Russian Language and Literature)
1992-1994 Post-graduate studies in the field of international relations at Diplomatic Academy MFA of Russia
September 2000 Senior Executive Course at the Marshall Centre (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
Work experience:
1987-1992 Employed as researcher at the Albanian Science Academy, Tirana
1992-1994 Joined the MFA and started the post-graduate studies in the field of international relations in Moscow
1994-1997 Expert at Directorate for Cultural Cooperation, MFA
1997-2000 First Secretary, Albanian Embassy, Budapest
2000-2003 Expert at General Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration, NATO sector
2004 Member of Cabinet of Minister of Foreign Affairs
2005-2010 Counsellor at the Albanian Mission to NATO, Brussels
2011-March 2012 Director for Russia and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), MFA
March 2012 Minister Counsellor, Albanian Mission to the EU
July-October 2014
Charge d'Affairs at the Albanian Mission to the EU
Languages: English, Russian, Italian
Status Married. He has one daughter