Besiana Kadare

Her Excellency Besiana Kadare
Besiana Kadare in the UN General Assembly hall
13th Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations
In office 30 June 2016 – 1 October 2021
President	Bujar Nishani Ilir Meta
Secretary-General	Ban Ki-moon António Guterres
Preceded by	Ferit Hoxha
Succeeded by	Ferit Hoxha
Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 75th session
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
President	Volkan Bozkir; President of General Assembly
Albanian Ambassador to Cuba
In office 30 June 2016 – 1 October 2021
Personal details
Born	Tirana, Albania
Parents	Ismail Kadare (father) Helena Kadare (mother)
Alma mater	Paris IV-Sorbonne University

Besiana Kadare is an Albanian diplomat. She served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, a vice president of the United Nations General Assembly for its 75th session, and Albania's ambassador to Cuba.^[1] Albania sat on the UN Security Council for a two-year term, 2022–23. She was formerly from 2011 to 2016 Albania's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. She is the daughter of writers Helena Kadare and Ismail Kadare.