Bujar Osmani

Bujar Osmani (Macedonian: Бујар Османи, born 11 September 1979^[1]) is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia from 2020 until 2024 and Minister of Health from 2008 until 2011. In June 2017, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European affairs.^[2] On 30 August 2020, Osmani became Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[3] Osmani was the first Macedonian of Albanian descent to lead the top diplomatic post in North Macedonia.^[4]

Bujar Osmani
Бујар Османи
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 August 2020 – 23 June 2024
Prime Minister	Zoran Zaev Dimitar Kovačevski Talat Xhaferi
Preceded by	Nikola Dimitrov
Succeeded by	Timčo Mucunski
Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In office 1 January 2023 – 1 January 2024
Preceded by	Zbigniew Rau
Succeeded by	Ian Borg
Minister of Health
In office 27 July 2008 – 28 July 2011
Prime Minister	Nikola Gruevski
Preceded by	Imer Selmani
Succeeded by	Nikola Todorov
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (North Macedonia)
In office 31 May 2017 – 30 August 2020
Prime Minister	Zoran Zaev Oliver Spasovski
Succeeded by	Nikola Dimitrov
Personal details
Born	(1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 45) Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	DUI
Spouse	Valbona Hoxha (m. 2012)
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He was previously a doctor at the Public Hospital in Skopje.^[5]

On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania. Osmani was part of a delegation of Albanian politicians from North Macedonia visiting the earthquake epicentre that expressed their condolences to Albanian president Ilir Meta.^[6]

With North Macedonia assuming the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for 2023, Osmani became the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on 1 January 2023.^[7][8]

Osmani at Prime Minister Zoran Zaev's meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda within the 2021 NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium

Bujar Osmani with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2022