Curriculum Vitae

Ambassador  Zef MAZI

 

Date of birth 27 January 1956

 

September 2007- on going     Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to UK and Republic of Ireland.

December 2002-August 05 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Albania to the OSCE, UN and Other  International Organizations in Vienna, Head of Mission;

 

September 04-June 05          Nominated candidate for Secretary General of the OSCE,

 

January-May 2003        Chairman of the Forum for Security Cooperation of the OSCE, the arms control, disarmament and security building measures organ of the OSCE;

 

June 2002                               Presidential candidate in Albania’s 2002 Presidential elections;

 

May 2000-December ’02   IAEA Secretariat, Programme Management Officer (also in Office of the Director), Europe Section, Division of Europe, Latin America and West Asia, Department of Technical Co-operation; analysed national situations, prepared CPF Guidelines, drafted, negotiated and finalised a number of national Country Programme Frameworks with governments of Members States on mid-term technical cooperation with the IAEA; assisted/advised Director with drafting policy papers/positions, reports and on a number of relevant matters;

 

July 1998-May 2000       OSCE Secretariat, adviser/Operations Officer, Conflict Prevention Centre and Dept. Administration and Operations; organised and established, managed and lectured in training/induction programme/courses for mission members; member of Senior Staff, coordination and preparation of large-mission deployment plans and guidelines; drafted internal instructions, put together issuances for the administrative manual; followed implementation of OSCE decisions, documents, programmes; other duties.

 

September ’97                        Director, UN Department, MFA

 

Aug.’94 - Nov.’97               Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Albania to the OSCE, UN and Other Inter-national Organizations in Vienna, Head of Mission; head and/or member of delegation, at all levels, and in all CSCE/OSCE events, negotiations and activities since Albania joined the CSCE as observer (1990), and a full-fledged participating state (June 1991), as well as in all events of the UNOV, IAEA, UNIDO; drafted, proposed and implemented national policy papers and positions; National Coordinator of Central European Initiative (CEI), head and/or member of delegation to CEI events; other duties;

 

Jan.’92 - Aug. ’94                  Minister-Councillor/ Alternate Permanent Representative of Albania to the OSCE, UN                                                   and Other International Organizations in Vienna, Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent                                                      Mission;

 

Aug.’91-August ’92                Minister-Councillor, Charge d’Affaires, Albanian Embassies in Austria and Switzerland;

 

1989-August ’91                 Head CSCE Section, Multilateral Relations Department, MFA;  followed CSCE meetings, events, documents, preparation of all background information, proposals and positions on Albania’s steps towards joining the CSCE; member of the government delegation in a number of UN GA meetings;

 

Also, UK desk officer, member of government delegation in all negotiations with the UK Foreign Office on the resumption of diplomatic relations between Albania and the UK;

 

1987-1989               General Directorate of PTT, Head/International Relations Department; in charge of programming/planning and implementing all international activities of the GD of PTT, member and head of Albanian delegation in a number of international events and conferences of the ITU, UPU, IFRB;

 

1978-1986 Translator/editor, “8 Nentori” Publishing House, member of Board of Foreign Languages Publications Department for planning and coordinating publications policies between the Ministry of Education and Culture and other publishing houses;

 

1977-1978                              Teacher of English language

 

June 1977                              Graduated for English language and letters, Faculty of History and Philology, University of Tirana;

 

Further activities (part-time)

 

 

Sept. ’79- June ’88 Lecturer, University of Tirana, member of the English Language Chair, Faculty of History and Philology;

 

1975-1985 Radio announcer/translator, Radio Tirana World Service, English language broadcasting section; translator/editor and narrator of a number of film-studio and TV documentaries;

 

1980-1990 Principal English translator/interpreter in the country for all high-level political/diplomatic events, broad direct contacts with international media reps, political analysts, academicians, politicians and personalities of art and culture.

 

Publications

 

1. A Guide-Book to Albanian (1983)

2. Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle (translation 1988)

3. Vikinget (translation 1986)

4. “New Albania” Magazine (English translation/publication)

5. Balkan Ghost (translation 2002)

6. A number of articles on international relations and political analyses

 

Languages

 

English  - excellent knowledge (spoken and written)

Italian    - fluent

French   - good working knowledge

German - working knowledge

 

Other important information

 

- Post-graduation studies - (1984) Italian language/letters; and International law, University of Tirana,

- Albanian Institute for International Studies, Member of the Board,

- Order “Grand Officier” – Byzantine Order of the Knights of the Holy Grave,

- Guest lecturer on security issues in SEE (the Balkans) and OSCE politico-military issues, Albanian Atlantic Association, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, University of Vienna, ministries of foreign affairs.