Gazmend Pula

Gazmend Pula (born in Pristina, Kosovo) is a Kosovar-Albanian intellectual, human rights campaigner, and is Kosovar^[a] ambassador to Albania.[1] He is the founder of the Kosovo Helsinki Committee for Human Rights based in Pristina, and has been active in the struggle for the advancement of political and civil liberties in Kosovo, for which he was awarded the US and EU Democracy and Civil Society Award in 1998.[2] In addition to his civic and political engagements, he holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering, and is the author of two books on electrical engineering. Prior to being appointed ambassador by the President of Kosovo, he held the title of Associate Professor in the University of Pristina, Cathedra for Production and Transmission of Electrical Energy.

He is married and is the father of two children.

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^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References:

1. "Diplomatic Missions of Kosovo Abroad" Kosovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Link accessed 12 January 2009.
2. "Members of the Board of Directors" Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeastern Europe. Link accessed 12 January 2009.