Anisa Hoxha

Director of Defence Minister Cabinet
2024 -

Anisa Hoxha is the  Director of Defence Minister Cabinet since November 2024.

She is a finance and risk management expert with a well-established career in both the public and private sectors. Most recently, up until October 2024, she served as the Director of the Finance and Commercial Relations Division at the Port Authority of Durrës. Prior to that, from 2014 to 2023, she focused on managing financial and credit risks in senior expert roles within the Albanian banking sector.

Alongside her professional career, Anisa was also involved in academia from 2016 to 2022, working as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana.

Anisa Hoxha holds a Master of Science in Finance and Risk from the University of Bath, School of Management, United Kingdom, completed in 2013, as well as a Bachelor in Finance, from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana in 2012.

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Blendi Vathi

Adviser at Defence Minister Cabinet
2021 -

Blendi Vathi is Adviser at Defence Minister Cabinet since July 2021.

He completed his higher studies at Faculty of Political and Legal Science, University of Tirana, in the years 1988-1992, receiving the title "Lawyer".

He has very good knowledge of English and Italian and is fluent in Serbian.

Field of engagement: Legal Advisor, covers the work related to the control and supervision of the drafting of legal and sub-legal acts by the relevant directorates in the Ministry of Defense and the National Agency of Civil Emergencies.

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Silvana Simaku

Advisor to the Cabinet of the Defence Minister
2022 -

Advisor to the Cabinet of the Defence Minister since November 2022.

Graduated in Chemical Engineering in 1986 at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and completed a Master of Science in Economics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana.
She has completed numerous qualifications in Albania and abroad for professional development.

Field of engagement: Advisor to the minister in the field of the future development of the military industry, the problems and perspectives of state enterprises depending on the ministry, as well as in the field of policies with NATO and the EU, cooperation priorities, following relevant agreements and the following process of opening negotiations with the EU.

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