Elvira Isufi

Mrs. Elvira Isufi is a career diplomat who assumed her duties as Ambassador-Designate of the Republic of Albania to the Kingdom of Sweden in October 2026, pending the presentation of her credentials to His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf.

Prior to her appointment in Stockholm, from January 2021 to October 2026, she served as Deputy Head/Minister Plenipotentiary at the Embassy of Albania to Greece. Her previous diplomatic assignments include: Deputy Head at the Embassy of Albania to Croatia, Director of the Department for Americas, Pacific, Asia and Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Embassy of Albania to Slovenia, Director of the Department for the Bilateral Relations with EU Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consul General of the Republic of Albania in Istanbul/Turkey, diplomat at the Embassies of Albania in France and Greece, and at various posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania. Mrs. Isufi graduated from the University of Tirana with a degree in French Language and Literature, and has completed several professional training programs both in Albania and abroad. She speaks English, French and Italian. She is married.