Language and Literature, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia; • 1996–1997 Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Head of Department for relations with OSCE and other international organizations. • 1995–1996, Adviser in the Government of Republic of Macedonia. • 1992–2002 Anchor for Radio Deutsche Welle, South European Department, Cologne; • 1991–1992, Columnist in the political weekly KOHA in Pristina. Memberships • 1999–2001 Member of research team of the Peace Institute, University of Hamburg, concerning the work of High Commissioner of Minorities in OSCE; • 1998–2000 Member of advisory board of the Team tasked with research of the position of minorities in Southern Europe, CEI-Budapest; • 1997–1999 Member of Board, Centre for Multicultural Understanding, Skopje; • 1996–2000 Member of the Bureau of the Steering Committee on equality of Council of Europe, Strasbourg; • May 1996, Member of OSCE team for observation of parliamentary elections in Albania September 1995, Member of delegation of the Republic of Macedonia to the 4th World Conference on Women Rights, Beijing; • November 1996, member of Macedonian delegation to OSCE, Vienna, working group on Human Dimension; • December 1995 – June 1996, Member of Board, Soros Open Society Institute in Macedonia; • 1992–1994, Secretary General of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly Committee in Macedonia; • 1994, Founding member of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Macedonia; • 1992, Founding member of the League of Albanian Women on North Macedonia; Languages: • Native: Albanian; • Fully proficient in Macedonian, Turkish, English, French, Italian, Serbo-Croatian. List of publications: • “Gjeografia ime” (My geography), poetry, Shkupi, Skopje, 1996 • “Feminizmi ekzistencialist” (Existential Feminism), study, Shkupi, 1997 • “Uchestvo na zhenite vo sovremenite trendovi vo Republika Makedonija” (The participation of women in the contemporary trends of Macedonian Society) – study, co-authored, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Skopje, 1997; • “Shatë ditë magjike” (Seven magic days), novel, Shkupi, Skopje, 1998. Career 12 April 2013 Elected Mayor of Municipality of Tetovo 2011–2013 Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs 2008–2011 Member of Parliament, Chair of the Committee for Foreign Affairs 2006–2008 Member of Parliament, Chair of the Committee for Cultural Issues 2002–2006 Member of Parliament; Chair of the Committee for Foreign Affairs; Member of the Delegation of the Macedonian Parliament to the Council of Europe; Head of the Macedonian Parliamentary delegation to NATO; 2002 – Deputy-president of the Democratic Union for Integration References Living people People from Tetovo Municipality Albanians in