H.E.Mr. Artur KUKO

Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania to the Organization for the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Hague, Netherlands 

Artur KUKO Holds a Master of Arts Degree in European Studies from the Catholic University of Leuven.

He holds a medal of Knight’s Order of Skanderbeg awarded by the President of the Republic of Albania.

He is married and have two children

• November 2023 – present, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
• March 2014 – August 2023, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in the Federal Republic of Germany;
• April 2009 – March 2014, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Albania to North Atlantic Council, NATO;
• August 2007 – March 2009, Ambassador, Head of Mission of the Republic of Albania to NATO;
• January 2002 – August 2007, Ambassador, Head of Mission of the Republic of Albania to European Union, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and non-resident to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
• 2000 – 2002, General Director, General Department of Euro – Atlantic Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 1997 – 2000, Ambassador, Head of Mission of the Republic of Albania to NATO;
• 1992 – 1997, Ambassador, Head of Mission of the Republic of Albania to European Union, Representative of Albania to North-Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) and the Partnership for Peace, NATO;
• 1992 – 1994, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the Kingdom of Belgium and non-resident to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
• 1991 – 1992, Director Department of European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 1987 – 1990, Researcher Institute of International Studies/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana, Albania
• 1985 – 1986, Postgraduade studies on International Relations, University of Tirana;
• 1981 – 1985, Diploma on Political Sciences,Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tirana;