Bujar Osmani
Бујар Османи
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
30 August 2020
Prime MinisterZoran Zaev
Dimitar Kovačevski
Preceded byNikola Dimitrov
Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Assumed office
1 January 2023
Preceded byZbigniew Rau
Minister of Health
In office
27 July 2008 – 28 July 2011
Prime MinisterNikola Gruevski
Preceded byImer Selmani
Succeeded byNikola Todorov
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (North Macedonia)
In office
31 May 2017 – 30 August 2020
Prime MinisterZoran Zaev
Oliver Spasovski
Succeeded byNikola Dimitrov
Personal details
Born (1979-09-11) 11 September 1979
Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyDUI
SpouseValbona Hoxha (m. 2012)
EthnicityAlbanian
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Bujar M. Osmani (Macedonian: Бујар Османи, born 11 September 1979[1]) is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent serving as the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and former Minister of Health. 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Bujar Osmani". Government of the Republic of North Macedonia.
  2. ↑ "Bujar Osmani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia for European Affairs in charge of European Affairs". Government of the Republic of North Macedonia. 11 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Министерство за надворешни работи". www.mfa.gov.mk.
  4. ↑ "Bujar Osmani to become the first Albanian in a leading diplomatic post in North Macedonia". Euronews Albania. 1 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Bujar Osmani was appointed as the Minister of health". abcnews.al. Ministry of Health (Macedonia). 11 March 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Meta në Durrës me Talat Xhaferrin dhe Ali Ahmetin: Nuk do e harrojmë kurrë ndihmën tuaj" (in Albanian). ABC News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "472932.pdf" (PDF). Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "North Macedonia takes over OSCE Chair". osce.org.
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