H.E. Besim Beqaj, Minister of Economic Development, Republic of Kosovo
H.E. Besim Beqaj was appointed the Minister of Economic Development in February 2011. He was previously the Minister of European Integration. Minister Beqaj has broad experience in the business sector as well as government. In addition to having worked closely with the business sector while at the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, he was the Advisor to the Prime Minister in the Government of Kosovo. He later took on the job of Kosovo National Coordinator for the Stability Pact for SEE.
Minister Beqaj earned BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Zagreb in Croatia. He finished the European Doctoral Program on Small Business Administration and Management at Univeristat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain and Vaxjö University in Sweden.
Minister Beqaj earned BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Zagreb in Croatia. He finished the European Doctoral Program on Small Business Administration and Management at Univeristat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain and Vaxjö University in Sweden.
He completed his Doctoral Studies at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and his PhD thesis on Development and Management of New Products in Kosovo at the University of Prishtina. Minister Beqaj is also a Fulbright Scholar; he taught and performed academic research in the field of Economic Integration in Southeast Europe at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent College of Law. He also teaches an International Business course at the University of Prishtina.
Minister Beqaj’s native language is Albanian and he is proficient in English and Serbo-Croatian. He has a working knowledge of German.
