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() Gilbert Galanxhi was born on July 28, 1962 in the capital city of Tirana, Albania. Galanxhi presently serves as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the United States of America. He is married to Mrs. Etleva Galanxhi, and they have two children. They have one daughter named Xhiljola, who is twenty years old, and one son, Xhesi, who is fourteen years old. ==Background== Albania is a small country on the Southeast Coast of Europe. About seventy percent of the 3.3 million people that populate the country are Muslim. Ambassador Galanxhi grew up under the Communist control of Prime Minister 〔http://www.embassyofalbania.org/index.php?page=ambassador-s-cirriculum-vitae〕 and community leader Enver Hoxha from 1944 until 1985. Nine years later, Ambassador Galanxhi joined the Foreign Service of Albania. Ambassador Galanxhi attended and graduated from Tirana University. During his time at Tirana University he also served as a faculty member of the Department of History and Philology, in the English Language and Literature department. He then proceeded to attend the Swiss International Relations Institute of Geneva, Switzerland, where he graduated in 1994. Finally, he graduated from the Foreign Service Institute of the State Department in Washington, D.C. in 1995. In 1994, Ambassador Galanxhi became a member of the Foreign Service of Albania. At this time, he held the positions of the Head of Press and Information Department, and was also the Spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Three years later, he received the position of Chargé d'affaires, to represent Albania in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two years later, in 1999, the Kosovo conflicts broke out in Albania. During this time, Ambassador Galanxhi worked for as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.〔http://albania.usaid.gov/?fq=brenda&m=shfaqart&aid=500&kid=26&tit=Albanian-American_Enterprise_Fund_to_Return_$15_million_to_American_Taxpayers&gj=gj1〕 in Tirana. He served as the Coordinator between the Albanian Government and the International Organizations posted in the country at the time. Then, in 2000, Galanxhi began working for the European Union Police Assistance Missions in Tirana, Albania. At first he worked with the training unit, and then he was appointed to Chief of Cabinet until 2007, when he was transferred to Vienna, Austria. In Vienna, Galanxhi represented Albania as the Ambassador to the United Nations Office in Vienna, as well as to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Ambassador Galanxhi remained in this position until he was offered his current position as the Ambassador of Albania to the United States of America in December 2010. Galanxhi accepted this position, moved to Washington, DC and bestowed his Letter of Credence on February 23, 2011 to President Barack Obama. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gilbert Galanxhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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