HE Mr. Qirjako Qirko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the Court of Saint James's 
 
Family name:        QIRKO
First name:            Qirjako
Date of birth:         June 01, 1961
Birthplace:            Tirana – Albania
Nationality:            Albanian
Civil status:           Married
 
EDUCATION
 
1985- Graduated at Faculty of Law, Tirana University, Republic of Albania
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
February 2018 – Present                     Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in Ireland
 
January 2017 –   Present                     Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania in IMO
 
August 2016 -Present                          Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and        Northern Ireland
 
October 2013 – July 2016                   Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania
 
July 2012 – October 2013                    Director of International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the      Republic of Albania
 
September 2006 – June 2012             Head of Minorities Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania
 
May 2001- June 2006                           Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 
May 2001 - June2006                           Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania in OPCW
 
January 1999-May 2001                       Secretary General, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania
 
September 1997-January 1999           Director of Legal & Consular Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania
 
October 1996-September 1997           Attorney at Law
 
September 1991-October 1996          Director of Legal and Consular Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania
 
October 1986-September 1991          Public Prosecutor, The Attorney’s Office of the District of Tirana
 
FOREIGN LANGUAGES                          English, Italian
       
EXTRA ACTIVITIES                                 Music, sports