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The Council The ACFR was founded with the initiative of Ambassador Agim Nesho and Albert Rakipi Ph.D. The Council is run daily by a team with extensive experience in civil society, academia and diplomacy as well as from young professionals qualified in prestigious western universities and institutions. Much of the trust that ACFR has gained from national and international institutions is due to its members and its team of well-known experts coming from a wide spectrum of sectors. The Albanian Council on Foreign Relations comprise the National Advisory Board and International Honorary Membership, whose distinguished members offer perspective on a broad range of matters of concern to the Council as well as an invaluable national and international insight on those matters. The composition of these Boards is as follows: National Advisory Board Ilir Meta, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, MP. Tritan Shehu, MP, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Valentina Leskaj, MP, Former Minister of Labor and Social Issues. Lulzim Basha, Minister of Interior, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, MP. Sabri Godo, Politician and Writer. Albert Rakipi, PhD, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Agim Nesho, Former Ambassador of Albania to the United Nations and to the United States. International Honorary Members Srgjan Kerim, General Manager at Kund K Medien und Handels GmbH, Former President of the UN General Assembly. Michael Grannof, Founder and CEO of Pomona Capital, Chairman of Albanian-American Enterprise Fund. Richard Powell, CEO worldwide of Burson-Marsteller. Rüdiger Oppers, Chief Editor of NRZ. Géza Jeszenszky, Professor of History, Former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Craig Smith, Political Strategist, Principle at Pen Schoen Berland and Associates, Former Political Advisor to President Clinton. José I. Torreblanca, Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science of UNED University in Madrid, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Madrid office. Ivan Krastev, Political scientist, Director Center for Liberal Stategies Sofia, Bullgaria. Cardinale Renato Raffaele Martino, President of the Pontificial Council for Justice and Peace. Ambassador Gerhard Pfanzelter of Austria, Secretary General of Central European Initiative (CEI) .
Albanian Council on Foreign Relations Rr. “Andon Zako Cajupi”, No.20/4, Tirana - Albania Tel: + 355 4 22 70 894, 22 74 203 ext 47, Fax + 355 4 22 70 337, Email: acfr@acfr-al.org URL: www.acfr-al.org

The Council

The ACFR was founded with the initiative of Ambassador Agim Nesho and Albert Rakipi Ph.D. The Council is run daily by a team with extensive experience in civil society, academia and diplomacy as well as from young professionals qualified in prestigious western universities and institutions. Much of the trust that ACFR has gained from national and international institutions is due to its members and its team of well-known experts coming from a wide spectrum of sectors.

The Albanian Council on Foreign Relations comprise the National Advisory Board and International Honorary Membership, whose distinguished members offer perspective on a broad range of matters of concern to the Council as well as an invaluable national and international insight on those matters.

The composition of these Boards is as follows:

National Advisory Board
Ilir Meta, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, MP.
Tritan Shehu, MP, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Valentina Leskaj, MP, Former Minister of Labor and Social Issues.
Lulzim Basha, Minister of Interior, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, MP.
Sabri Godo, Politician and Writer.
Albert Rakipi, PhD, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Agim Nesho, Former Ambassador of Albania to the United Nations and to the United States.

International Honorary Members
Srgjan Kerim, General Manager at Kund K Medien und Handels GmbH, Former President of the UN General Assembly.
Michael Grannof, Founder and CEO of Pomona Capital, Chairman of Albanian-American Enterprise Fund.
Richard Powell, CEO worldwide of Burson-Marsteller.
Rüdiger Oppers, Chief Editor of NRZ.
Géza Jeszenszky, Professor of History, Former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Craig Smith, Political Strategist, Principle at Pen Schoen Berland and Associates, Former Political Advisor to President Clinton.
José I. Torreblanca, Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science of UNED University in Madrid, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Madrid office.
Ivan Krastev, Political scientist, Director Center for Liberal Stategies Sofia, Bullgaria.
Cardinale Renato Raffaele Martino, President of the Pontificial Council for Justice and Peace.
Ambassador Gerhard Pfanzelter of Austria, Secretary General of Central European Initiative (CEI) .



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