Ermir Dobjani (born 6 April 1953, in
Kavajë
Kavajë ( , sq-definite, Kavaja) is a municipality centrally located in the Western Lowlands region of Albania, in Tirana County. It borders Durrës to the north , Tiranë to the east and Rrogozhinë to the south . To the west lies the Adriati ...
) is an
Albanian lawyer who served as
Albania's first
Ombudsman
An ombudsman (, also ,), ombud, ombuds, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament (usually with a significant degree of independence) to investigate complaints and at ...
(), a post he held from 2000 to 2010.
Career
Dobjani graduated with Honors in Law from the Faculty of Political Science and Law at the
University of Tirana
The University of Tirana ( sq, Universiteti i Tiranës, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the ''State University of Tirana'' in 1957 through merging of f ...
in 1976. From 1981 to 1988 he was an external lecturer of administrative law in this faculty, and from 1989 to 1991 he worked as an internal lecturer and directed the Public Law Department. In 1994, Dobjani founded the Dobjani Lawyers law office, which operated for six years until 2000, when the office was temporarily closed due to the public office which Dobjani was elected to. From February 2000 to February 2010, Dobjani was elected from the Albanian Parliament for two mandates in the public office of the Albanian Ombudsman (People’s Advocate). He was awarded the science degree of Doctor of Law in 1991 and the Professor title in 2010. Dobjani is the head professor of administrative law in the Faculty of Law at Tirana University and serves as Senior Partner of the Dobjani Lawyers law office. Dobjani has more than thirty years of experience in practicing law, his main areas of expertise being human rights, administrative law, contract law, criminal law and civil and commercial litigation.
References
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Ombudspersons in Albania
Institution heads from Kavajë
Living people
1953 births