Gent Cakaj

Gent Cakaj (born 6 July 1990) is a Kosovo-born Albanian politician, who served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania from 2019–2020.
Biography.
He is the son of Shkëlzen Cakaj, a researcher from Gjakova, Kosovo. Gent Cakaj was born and grew up in Pristina. He is the brother of Gresa Caka Nimani, who currently is a judge at the Constitutional Court of Kosovo.
Cakaj was educated in Kosovo, Belgium and Hungary, and holds two bachelor's and three master's degrees in philosophy, political sciences, and law. He graduated in 2015 from Central European University with a MA thesis on "Neuro-Enhancement and the Notion of Legal Responsibility"
Cakaj was initially an advisor to Prime Minister Rama on Foreign Policy and, specifically, for European Union affairs. Then in the Rama II Cabinet he was appointed as deputy minister of foreign affairs.
In January 2019 Cakaj was designated to replace incumbent Ditmir Bushati as Minister Of Foreign Affairs by Prime Minister Edi Rama after a cabinet reshuffle. The appointment was rejected by President Ilir Meta citing issues with Cakaj over credentials for the portfolio. The matter led to a public spat between the president and prime minister that ended with Rama temporarily taking on the additional role of Foreign Affairs Minister. After Rama became Foreign Minister he delegated the portfolio to Cakaj as Acting Minister on January 23.
On 29 December 2020 Cakaj resigned from the position of Deputy Minister/Acting Foreign Minister, stating that "following the successful completion of the OSCE chairmanship, the opening of EU accession negotiations, the extraordinary work to secure a seat on the Security Council for 2022-2023, the implementation of a series of unprecedented factor-raising measures Albanians in the Western Balkans, and since Albania is on the verge of an election campaign, where I do not intend to run as a candidate for MP, I consider that the chapter of my service at the head of Albanian diplomacy is over".