Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla (born 1984) is a Kosovan politician who served as

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

from 2020 to 2021 and as leader of the

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Career

Haradinaj-Stublla studied Public Policy at the

American University in Kosovo RIT Kosovo, formerly known as the American University in Kosovo, is a private university located in the Germia district of Pristina, Kosovo. The university was established in 2002 and is part of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the ...

. She subsequently studied Diplomacy at the

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, supported by a

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. From 2009 to 2013 she was a member of the Pristina City Council. After that, she was a political advisor in the cabinet of Kosovar Prime Minister

Ramush Haradinaj Ramush Haradinaj (; born 3 July 1968) is a Kosovo Albanian politician, leader of the AAK party, and the third prime minister of Kosovo. He is a former officer and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and previously served as Prime Minister ...

, who was in office from 2017 to 2019. During the government of

Avdullah Hoti Avdullah Hoti (born 4 February 1976) is a Kosovan politician, who served as the prime minister of Kosovo from 3 June 2020 until 22 March 2021. He previously served as the minister of Finance of Kosovo between 2014 and 2017 in the PDK/ LDK coali ...

(in office since 3 June 2020) she was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Kosovars Abroad. Under her tenure, in February 2021 Kosovo and Israel formally established diplomatic relations. Parts of the agreement included humanitarian support for Kosovo from Israel, and a promise from Kosovo to locate their future embassy in Jerusalem, rather than Tel Aviv. On 9 March 2021, she resigned as Kosovo's foreign minister and also as leader of the

(AAK) party, due to allegations that her husband had bribed electoral officials to secure her election to parliament. She described her resignation as necessary to work on her legal defence and that the accusations were defamation of character.

Personal life

Haradinaj-Stublla is married to Dardan Stublla and has two children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haradinaj-Stublla, Meliza 1984 births Living people Politicians from Pristina Kosovan women in politics Alumni of the University of Oxford Foreign ministers of Kosovo 21st-century women politicians Female foreign ministers