Eglantina Gjermeni

Eglantina Gjermeni (born November 24, 1968) is an Albanian politician and diplomat. She is an expert in gender equality and she was a government minister for four years. In 2022, she was appointed Permanent Representative of Albania to the International Organizations in Vienna.

Life Gjermeni was born in Krujë in 1968 and she initially studied history. She earned a doctorate in social work at the University of Tirana in 1994 after she had gained her masters Grand Valley State University in Michigan, United States. In the following year she began lecturing at the University of Tirana in the Department of Social Affairs. For a decade she led the Gender Alliance for Development Center in Albania.

She is an expert in gender equality and has attended courses abroad. Her paper "Implementation of Gender Quota in Albania" was published in 2014.

In 2017 she was given a "Distinguished Alumni Award" by the ex-students of Grand Valley State University

Private life She is married to Marian Gjermeni and they have two children, Erik and Maggie.