Ambassador Sami Shiba

CURRICULUM VITAE

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: Sami SHIBA

Father’s name: Qazim

Civil status: Married, one son

Address: 27, El-Gezira Al Wosta Str. Box: 94004, Cairo, 11561, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel., office: +20 2 27361815, Fax: +20 2 2273359699.

EDUCATION:

April–Oct. 2018 Completed the course “Economic Diplomacy for Albania”, Center for International Development at Harvard University

1997 – 2001 Graduated from University of Tirana, Albania, Faculty of Law.

1984 – 1985 Graduated on Diplomacy, Faculty of Law, University of Tirana, Albania.

1980 – 1984 Graduated from the University of Tirana, Albania, Faculty of History and Philology, Language & Literature Chair.

1991 – 1999 Attended several training courses on International Relations in France, Italy and elsewhere and in the framework of the Council of Europe.

CAREER:

April 2024 Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in the Arab Republic of Egypt, resident in Cairo, as well as in Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Republic of Lebanon, Arab Republic of Syria, Republic of Sudan, State of Libya and State of Palestine, non-resident.

January 2015- December 2024 Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, resident in Riyadh, as well as in Kingdom of Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman and Republic of Yemen, non-resident.

2011 – 2014 Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in Romania

2008 – 2010 Director of the Department for Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosova, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana, Albania October

2006 Head of Section for Kosova, – Department for Relations with Neighbouring Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana

June 2006 Head of Section for Western Balkans, Department for Relations with Neighbouring Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana

May 2006 Department for Relations with Neighbouring Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

2002 – 2006 Deputy Head of the Mission of the Republic of Albania Pristina, Kosova,

April 2002 Department of Member States of the European Union, Western Europe Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

February 2001 Acting Director (Counsellor), Afro-Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

July 2000 Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Albania in the Arab Republic of Egypt,

January 2000 Acting Director (Counsellor), Afro-Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

June 1999 Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1993 – 1999 Head of Department for International Relations, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Albania,

1989 – 1992 The Juridical and Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

1985 – 1989 The Institute of International Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

 

ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS:

31 May 2019 Head of the delegations of the Republic of Albania to the Summit of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mecca, Saudi Arabia,

21 May 2017 Head of the Albanian delegation to the US-Arab and Islamic Summit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

2016 – 2019 Head of the delegations of the Republic of Albania to the Sessions of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation,

respectively on July 10-11, 2017 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast;

on May 5-6, 2018, in Dhaka, Bangladesh;

on May 29, 2019, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,

2016 – 2019 Head of the delegations of the Republic of Albania to the Extraordinary Meetings of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation,

respectively on January 21, 2016, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;

on November 17, 2016, Mecca, Saudi Arabia;

January 21, 2018, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and May 30, 2019, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,

2006-2010 Member of the delegations of the Republic of Albania to the International and regional organizations such as United Nations General Assembly, the Council of Europe, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, etc,

December 2009 Member of the Albanian delegation that presented the Arguments of the Republic of Albania to the International Court of Justice on the “Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosova”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

2008-2009 Member of the Experts’ Team for the preparation of the Written Statement of the Republic of Albania to the International Court of Justice on the “Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of SelfGovernment of Kosova”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

1986-1992 Member of the Working Group for various publications for Balkan countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana, Albania,

1989-1990 Member of the Working Group for the publication: “What do the people of Kosova, want and say”, in 4 Volumes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana, Albania.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English, French, Italian