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Besa Shahini | |
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51st Minister of Education, Sports and Youth | |
In office 17 January 2019 – 14 September 2020 | |
President | Ilir Meta |
Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
Preceded by | Mirela Karabina Lindita Nikolla (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Evis Kushi |
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Born | 1982 (age 41–42) Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (today Kosovo) |
Political party | Socialist Party (Albania) Social Democratic Party (Kosovo) |
Spouse | |
Alma mater | Pearson College UWC York University |
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Besa Shahini (born 1982) is a Kosovo-born Albanian politician, who served as the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth in the second cabinet of Edi Rama.[1][2]
In the decade and a half prior to joining the Albanian government, she focused her research and advocacy on education and EU integration issues in the Western Balkans and South Caucasus. Besa Shahini holds a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin.[3]