Besnik Mustafaj
{{short description|Albanian writer and diplomat}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Besnik Mustafaj
| image = Besnik Mustafaj Place Bellecour à Lyon.jpg
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| caption = Besnik Mustafaj in Lyon, September 1995
| office = 62nd Minister of Foreign Affairs
| primeminister = Sali Berisha
| predecessor = Kastriot Islami
| successor = Lulzim Basha
| term_start = 11 September 2005
| term_end = 24 April 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|09|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bajram Curri, Albania
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| party = Democratic Party
| residence = Tirana
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| nationality = Albanian
| signature = Besnik Mustafaj (nënshkrim).svg
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Besnik Bajram Mustafaj (born 1958) is an Albanian writer and diplomat. He was a director of the news paper Drita
Career
Mustafaj is a former Albanian ambassador to France. He became 62nd foreign minister of Albania on 11 September 2005 when the government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha took office. He resigned on 24 April 2007 and was replaced by Lulzim Basha on 25 April.[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/25/europe/EU-GEN-Albania-Government-Reshuffle.php Albanian premier replaces foreign minister], Associated Press via International Herald Tribune, 25 April 2007. His resignation came after strong disagreements with Berisha.[http://www.birn.eu.com/en/1/110/2994/ Foreign Minister’s Departure Takes Albania by Surprise] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721142043/http://birn.eu.com/en/1/110/2994/ |date=21 July 2010 }}, BIRN, 30 April 2007. Further disagreements with the prime minister led to Mustafaj's withdrawal from politics in May 2009.[http://www.top-channel.tv/new/artikull.php?id=151897 Mustafaj le politiken] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519184652/http://www.top-channel.tv/new/artikull.php?id=151897 |date=19 May 2009 }}, Top Channel, 17 May 2009.
He is the board chairman of Albanian Institute for International Studies, a think tank based in Albania.{{cite web|title=About AIIS|url=http://www.aiis-albania.org/aboutus.html|work=AIIS|access-date=30 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203113852/http://www.aiis-albania.org/aboutus.html|archive-date=3 December 2013}}
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