Curriculum Vitae
Given Name Roland
Family Name Bimo
Born on March 31, 1954. Tirana, Albania.
Civil Status Married. Two sons
Nationality Albanian
EDUCATION “Qing Hua” University, Beijing, China. Faculty of Electronic Engineering, specialised for Information Technology.
Tirana University, Department of History. Master
Degree. Thesis: "European Security Architecture and the Role of the OSCE".
Doctorate thesis “Albania and new security architecture”
Foreign Languages: English, Chinese, Working level of Polish, Italian.
Working Experience:
1978-1982 Albanian state oil company, Fier. Responsible engineer at the centre for processing seismic information. Academy of Science of Albania. Institute of Applied Mathematics. Ministry of Finance,
Economic Information Processing Centre.
1982-1986 Joined Foreign Service of Albania. Third Secretary, Embassy of Albania, Beijing, China. In charge of Press and Political Affairs.
1986-1990 Second Secretary, Embassy of Albania in Warsaw, Poland. In charge of press and political affairs.
1990-1992 Albanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Desk officer for East Asia, Far East and Pacific
Desk officer for relations with United States of America
Director of the Department in charge of Asia, Pacific and USA
1992-1994 Ambassador of Albania to the USA
1994-1997 Ambassador of Albania to Hungary
1997-2002 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Albania to UN, OSCE and other International Organisations in Vienna
2002-2006 General Secretary of the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2006-2009 Ambassador of Albania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
2009-2010 Head of newly opened Embassy of Albania in Brasilia. Federative Republic of Brazil
2010-2012 Director of the Albanian National Institute of Diaspora at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2012-2013 Diplomatic Adviser of Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania
2014-… Ambassador of Albania to Austria
Other Activities
• Member of working groups formulating Foreign Policy
• Objectives. (Policy Planning)
• Head of Delegation representing Albania in International Organizations.
• Author of publications, Interviews in the local and International Media on the issues related to Foreign Affairs.
• Translation of books on International Relations.
• Lectures and speeches on international relations.
• Mediterranean University, University Kristal, Albanian Media Institute.
Subjects: Public International Law, International Relations, European Institutions and European Law, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy.