Bujar Osmani | |
|---|---|
| Бујар Османи | |
.jpg) Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 30 August 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Zoran Zaev Dimitar Kovačevski Talat Xhaferi |
| Preceded by | Nikola Dimitrov |
| Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | |
| In office 1 January 2023 – 1 January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Zbigniew Rau |
| Succeeded by | Ian Borg |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 27 July 2008 – 28 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Nikola Gruevski |
| Preceded by | Imer Selmani |
| Succeeded by | Nikola Todorov |
| Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (North Macedonia) | |
| In office 31 May 2017 – 30 August 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Zoran Zaev Oliver Spasovski |
| Succeeded by | Nikola Dimitrov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1979 Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | DUI |
| Spouse | Valbona Hoxha (m. 2012) |
| Signature | .svg) |
Bujar M. Osmani (Macedonian: Бујар Османи, born 11 September 1979[1]) is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent serving as the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and former Minister of Health. In June 2017, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European affairs.[2] On 30 August 2020, Osmani became Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] Osmani was the first Macedonian of Albanian descent to lead the top diplomatic post in North Macedonia.[4]
He was previously a doctor at the Public Hospital in Skopje.[5]
On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania. Osmani was part of a delegation of Albanian politicians from North Macedonia visiting the earthquake epicentre that expressed their condolences to Albanian president Ilir Meta.[6]
With North Macedonia assuming the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for 2023, Osmani became the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on 1 January 2023.[7][8]
