Members of Parliament

 

TALAT XHAFERI, MDS


Date of birth: 15 April 1962, Forino, Gostivar

Nationality: Albanian, citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia

Language skills: Albanian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, English

Marital status: Married, father of two children 

Current activities in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia:

  • Committee on Constitutional Affairs – Chair 
  • Delegation of the Assembly to the Interparliamentary Union (IPU), Head of Delegation 
  • Delegation of the Assembly to the Parliamentary Assembly of the South East European Process for Cooperation, Head of Delegation  

Previous activities in the Assembly:

  • Coordinator of the parliamentary group of DUI
  • Inter – Community Relations Committee, Member
  • National European Integration Council, Deputy-member
  • Legislative Committee, Member
  • Committee for Assessing the Grounds of the Proposal for Initiating Procedure Determining the Accountability of the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Member
  • Committee on Defence and Security, Member
  • Committee on Financing and Budget, Member
  • Committee on Political System and Inter-Ethnic Relations, Deputy-Member 
  • Inquiry Committee on the Wiretapping Scandal, Member
  • Committee for Supervising the Work of the Security and Counter-Intelligence Directorate and the Intelligence Agency, Deputy-Member
  • Committee on Elections and Appointment Issues, Deputy-Member 
  • Committee for Supervising Implementation of Measures to Monitor Communications by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defence, Member 
  • Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Deputy Member 
  • Delegation of the Assembly to the Parliamentary Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with a status of accompanying delegation (NATO PA), Head of Delegation
  • Parliamentary Group of the Assembly for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo, Chair
  • Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Member 
  • Parliamentary Group of the Assembly for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Austria, Member
  • Parliamentary Group for Cooperation with the Parliaments of Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Member 
  • Parliamentary Group of the Assembly for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia, Member 
  • Parliamentary Group of the Assembly for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Member
Career:
  • 2016 Member of the Assembly, political party DUI
  • 2014-2016 Member of the Assembly, political party DUI
  • 2013-2014 Minister of Defence
  • 2011-2013 Member of the Assembly, political party DUI
  • 2008-2011 Member of the Assembly, political party DUI 
  • 2004-2006 Deputy Minister of Defence
  • 2002-2004 Member of the Assembly, political party DUI 
  • 1992-2001 Officer in the ARM 
  • 1985-1991 Officer in the NAY

Education

  • 2013 Master’s degree in Defence
  • 1996-1998 Postgraduate studies – Specialization in Command and Staff Duties - Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski” - Skopje
  • 1981-1985 Military Academy of Land Army – Infantry, Belgrade and Sarajevo
  • 1977-1981 Secondary education: Military High School, Belgrade
  • 1969-1977 Primary education: “Përparimi” Chegrane, Gostivar

 

E- mail: pretsedatel@sobranie.mk
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