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== Education ==
== Education ==
Xhafaj graduated in Legal and Political Sciences (Justice) at the [[University of Tirana]] in 1982. He then worked as a lawyer (Judicial Adviser, Judge, Prosecutor), as well as high level functionary for various youth and social organizations in 1982-1986. He then served as legal advisor for a consultancy company in 1994-1997, and was a freelance professional lawyer and law firm founding partner in 1999-2001.
Xhafaj graduated in Legal and Political Sciences (Justice) at the [[University of Tirana]] in 1982. He then worked as a lawyer (Judicial Adviser, Judge, Prosecutor), as well as high level functionary for various youth and social organizations in 1982-1986. <ref>[http://www.ps.al/author/fatmir-xhafaj/ Fatmir Xhafaj] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315034118/http://www.ps.al/author/fatmir-xhafaj/|date=2016-03-15}}, PS.AL</ref>
He then served as legal advisor for a consultancy company in 1994-1997, and was a freelance professional lawyer and law firm founding partner in 1999-2001.


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
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Xhafaj has been an elected MP for the Socialist Party of Albania, representing the [[Tirana]] County, from the V to the VIII legislatures (since 2001). He has co-chaired the Ad Hoc Committee for the Electoral Reform in 2003, 2007 and 2009, and was deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights in 2009-2013. Since September 2013 he chairs the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights, and since November 2014 also the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on the Judicial System Reform.
Xhafaj has been an elected MP for the Socialist Party of Albania, representing the [[Tirana]] County, from the V to the VIII legislatures (since 2001). He has co-chaired the Ad Hoc Committee for the Electoral Reform in 2003, 2007 and 2009, and was deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights in 2009-2013. Since September 2013 he chairs the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights, and since November 2014 also the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on the Judicial System Reform.


As a member of the Government of Albania, Mr. Xhafaj was General Secretary of the Council of Ministers in 1997-1999, as well as Minister for Territorial Regulation and Tourism in 2002, and [[Minister of Justice (Albania)|Minister of Justice]] in 2003-2005.<ref>[http://www.ps.al/author/fatmir-xhafaj/ Fatmir Xhafaj] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315034118/http://www.ps.al/author/fatmir-xhafaj/ |date=2016-03-15 }}, PS.AL</ref>
As a member of the Government of Albania, Mr. Xhafaj was General Secretary of the Council of Ministers in 1997-1999, as well as Minister for Territorial Regulation and Tourism in 2002, and [[Minister of Justice (Albania)|Minister of Justice]] in 2003-2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interior Minister Fatmir Xhafaj resigns; General Sander Lleshi substitutes him|url=https://www.ocnal.com/2018/10/interior-minister-fatmir-xhafaj-resigns.html|website=Oculus News|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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<references/>2. [http://www.ocnal.com/2018/10/interior-minister-fatmir-xhafaj-resigns.html Interior Minister Fatmir Xhafaj resigns; General Sander Lleshi substitutes him]

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Revision as of 13:33, 26 May 2020

Fatmir Xhafaj
MP
Member of the Albanian Parliament
for Tirana
Assumed office
25 June 2017
Ministry of Internal Affairs
In office
March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12) – May 22, 2017 (2017-05-22)
Prime MinisterEdi Rama
Preceded bySaimir Tahiri
Succeeded byDritan Demiraj
In office
September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16) – November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
Prime MinisterEdi Rama
Preceded byDritan Demiraj
Succeeded bySandër Lleshaj
Personal details
Born (1959-05-17) May 17, 1959 (age 65)
Vlorë
NationalityAlbanian
Political partySocialist
Alma materUniversity of Tirana


Fatmir Xhafaj (born 17 May 1959, in Vlorë) is an Albanian politician, chair of the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on the Judicial System Reform of the Parliament of Albania.

Education

Xhafaj graduated in Legal and Political Sciences (Justice) at the University of Tirana in 1982. He then worked as a lawyer (Judicial Adviser, Judge, Prosecutor), as well as high level functionary for various youth and social organizations in 1982-1986. [1]

He then served as legal advisor for a consultancy company in 1994-1997, and was a freelance professional lawyer and law firm founding partner in 1999-2001.

Political career

Xhafaj is member of the Socialist Party of Albania since 1991, and has been Secretary for Legal Matters of the party in 2005-2011 and Coordination Secretary since 2011. He is also member of the Headship of the party since 2007.

Xhafaj has been an elected MP for the Socialist Party of Albania, representing the Tirana County, from the V to the VIII legislatures (since 2001). He has co-chaired the Ad Hoc Committee for the Electoral Reform in 2003, 2007 and 2009, and was deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights in 2009-2013. Since September 2013 he chairs the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights, and since November 2014 also the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on the Judicial System Reform.

As a member of the Government of Albania, Mr. Xhafaj was General Secretary of the Council of Ministers in 1997-1999, as well as Minister for Territorial Regulation and Tourism in 2002, and Minister of Justice in 2003-2005.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fatmir Xhafaj Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, PS.AL
  2. ^ "Interior Minister Fatmir Xhafaj resigns; General Sander Lleshi substitutes him". Oculus News. Retrieved 2020-05-26.