Igli Hasani
Ambassador Igli Hasani is the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.
Before joining the OSCE, Ambassador Hasani was the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania to the OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna. On January 2021, he assumed the position of the Chairperson of Asian Partners for Co-operation Group.
During the Albanian OSCE Chairmanship, Ambassador Hasani was the Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council and he was Chair of the Mediterranean Contact Group as part of the OSCE Troika in 2019.
Ambassador Hasani has 17 years of experience at the Albanian Ministry of Defence in various management roles, including as Secretary General (2017-2018), Director General for Defence Policy (2015-2017), Director of NATO and Foreign Relations (2013-2014) and Director of Euro-Atlantic Integrations (2013-2014).
He holds degrees in Law, Sociology and Philosophy from the University of Tirana, a Master in International Relations from King’s College London, and is also a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies.