President Bamir Topi Children 1 | Spouse(s) Reko Dida | |
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Born May 7, 1961 (age 55)
Kukës, Albania ( 1961-05-07 ) Alma mater University of Tirana
Tohoku University Education Tohoku University, University of Tirana | ||
Bujar Dida (born May 7, 1961) is an Albanian chemistry Ph.D and D.Sc and the first Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Japan. He was nominated as Ambassador on December 12, 2007 by President Bamir Topi.
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Early life and education
Dida was born in Kukës, Albania.
He holds two academic degrees; "Doctor of Science" from the University of Tirana (1994) and "Doctor of Philosophy" from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (1999). He conducted post graduate studies in Japan with scholarship "Monbukagakusho" (1995-1999) Japan.
Professional career
He has been the director of the project "Education Reform" - World Bank (2000-2004), Director General of Superphosphates Plant in Laç (1990-1993), Albania and lecturer for Chemical Reactors, Physical Chemistry and General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Tirana and the Polytechnic University of Tirana, where he still continues the main direction of his career.
Diplomatic career
Dida began his diplomatic career as the first Honorary Consul General of Japan in Albania for a 9-year period (2000-2009)
Dida was the first Albanian ambassador to Japan, since the establishment of diplomatic relations between two countries. Dida was nominated in December 2007 and ended his duty on March 2015. The post of an Ambassador to Japan was vacant and was only instated for the first time after a 87-year period since the time of recognition of Albania from Japan (April 1922) and 28 years after reactivation the relations (March 1981) with Japan.
During his term he was acquainted with several Japanese high officials such as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Bunmei Ibuki, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida etc..
Activities in Japan
In the period of service as ambassador to Japan, he and his wife, Reko Dida held many activities to organize high-level visits, the following are some of the activities and events that Dida attended/organized: