Biography – Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Mr. Yll Buleshkaj
Yll Buleshkaj was born in Istog on February 17, 1979. He completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pristina, while his master’s studies in Democratization and Human Rights at the University of Bologna and the University of Sarajevo, where he specialized in State Building Processes in Southeast Europe. He is currently a candidate for a doctorate in the field of Government and Public Administration at the University of Southeast Europe.
Yll Buleshkaj is a professional with about 20 years of experience in good governance, democratization, elections, public participation in policy-making, and human rights.
Before joining AKK, he served as the Executive Director of the Office for Registration of Political Parties and Certification in the Central Election Commission.
In Kosovo, he served as a manager at Helvetas, deputy director at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in Kosovo, earlier in various tasks as part of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, as well as as part of local NGOs. He has also worked in the field of self-regulation of the media, with the formal and informal structures of youth representation, with minority community groups in Kosovo, parliamentary development and especially the development of women’s and youth groups in the assembly and in a number of initiatives of public policies.
Yll Buleshkaj has also served abroad as part of the UN, IOM and UNDP in Jordan, Afghanistan and Sweden, mainly in the field of elections and democratization.
Yll Buleshkaj has joined the Anti-Corruption Agency on December 24, 2021, for a five-year term.
Contact
Phone: +383 (0) 38 518-980
Fax: +383 (0) 38 518-977
