Teuta Topi (; born 13 June 1962) was the

first lady of Albania The first lady of Albania () is the unofficial title of the wife or designee of the sitting President of Albania. The current first lady is Armanda Begaj, Armanda Ymeri, wife of President of Albania, President Bajram Begaj, who has held the role si ...

from 2007 to 2012 as the wife of former

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Bamir Topi Bamir Myrteza Topi (; born 24 April 1957)CV at Albanian presidency website
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Biography

Topi, born in

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on 13 June 1962, graduated from

Petro Nini Luarasi Petro Nini Luarasi (born 22 April 1865 in Luaras, Kolonjë, Albania, then Ottoman Empire, and died on 17 August 1911 in Ersekë, Kolonjë, Albania, then Ottoman Empire) was an Albanian rilindas activist, teacher and journalist. His father, Nini ...

High School in Tirana and earned her college degree in 1984, majoring in Agronomy from the

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. She has also earned a master's degree in Environmental Sciences and Technology. Teuta has a long professional experience working as specialist in the Entity of Seeds and Saplings and also as a specialist of the rural development in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Protection of the Consumer of Albania. She has expanded her professional experience with domestic qualifications and studying abroad

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, United States. Mrs. Topi is a member of the Work Group for rural development in the

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; representative of the

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to the IRENE Project, the INTERREG III Program for the Regional Development o Local Basis; member of the Work Group to draft the strategy of regional development and member of the Technical Work Group on the collaboration in the agricultural field with the neighboring countries. The First Lady has not been involved in politics, but she has been active in programs of social and public interest such as in issue of gender pertinence or in issues of

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and the Association-Stabilization process. In 1982 she met and later on married

Bamir Topi Bamir Myrteza Topi (; born 24 April 1957)CV at Albanian presidency website
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. Bamir and Teuta have two daughters: Nada (born 1984) and Etida (born 1989). Mrs. Topi has not interrupted her professional activity in the Ministry of Agriculture, while her activity as First Lady dedicates her time to the most needy levels of the society.

References

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