Besiana Kadare
Besiana Kadare is an Albanian diplomat. She served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, a Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 75th session, and Albania's Ambassador to Cuba. Albania will be sitting on the UN Security Council for a two-year term, in 2022–23. She was formerly from 2011 to 2016 Albania's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. She is the daughter of writers Helena Kadare and Ismail Kadare. Early life and education Kadare is the daughter of writers Helena Kadare and Ismail Kadare. Kadare holds a master's degree in modern and comparative literature, and a specialized high studies diploma in modern specialized literature from the Sorbonne Paris-IV University in Paris, France. Career Early years Kadare served as First Secretary at Albania's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York from 2002 to 2005. She returned to Albania in 2005 to work with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In 2008, Kadare served in Albania's Embassy in France. Between 2011 and 2016, she served as Albania's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate