Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla (born 1984) is a Kosovan politician who served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...
from 2020 to 2021 and as leader of the
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (, AAK) is a right-leaningAmerican University in Kosovo
The Rochester Institute of Technology Kosovo, previously known as the American University in Kosovo, is a private university located in the Germia district of Pristina, Kosovo. The university was established in 2002 and is part of the Rochester ...
. She subsequently studied Diplomacy at the
University of Oxford
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, supported by a
Chevening Scholarship
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History
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. From 2009 to 2013 she was a member of the Pristina City Council. After that, she was a political advisor in the cabinet of Kosovar Prime Minister
Ramush Haradinaj
Ramush Haradinaj (; born 3 July 1968) is a Kosovo Albanian politician, leader of the AAK party, and the third prime minister of Kosovo. He is a former officer and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and previously served as Prime Minist ...
, who was in office from 2017 to 2019.
During the government of
Avdullah Hoti
Avdullah Hoti (born 4 February 1976) is a Kosovan politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Kosovo from 3 June 2020 until 22 March 2021. He previously served as the minister of Finance of Kosovo between 2014 and 2017 in the PDK/ LDK coali ...
(in office since 3 June 2020) she was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Kosovars Abroad. Under her tenure, in February 2021 Kosovo and Israel formally established diplomatic relations. Parts of the agreement included humanitarian support for Kosovo from Israel, and a promise from Kosovo to locate their future embassy in Jerusalem, rather than Tel Aviv.
On 9 March 2021, she resigned as Kosovo's foreign minister and also as leader of the