Besa Shahini
Besa Shahini | |
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| 51st Minister of Education, Sports and Youth | |
| In office 17 January 2019 – 14 September 2020 | |
| President | Ilir Meta |
| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Mirela Karabina Lindita Nikolla (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Evis Kushi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1982 (age 42–43) Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (today Kosovo) |
| Political party | Socialist Party (Albania) Social Democratic Party (Kosovo) |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Pearson College UWC York University |
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Besa Shahini (born 1982) is a Kosovo-born Albanian politician, who served as the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth in the second cabinet of Edi Rama.
In the decade and a half prior to joining the Albanian government, she focused her research and advocacy on education and EU integration issues in the Western Balkans and South Caucasus. Besa Shahini holds a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin.