Zef Bushati was accredited ambassador of Albania to the Holy See on May 10, 2002 by Albanian President Dr Rexhep Meidani [1] (http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2002/may/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20020510_albania-ambassador_en.html), a post he continued to hold as of 2004 [2] (http://www.mfa.gov.al/english/ambasadat1.asp) This followed the signing of an Agreement of Cooperation between Albania and the Holy See on March 23, 2002, which was at that time awaiting the raatification of the Albanian parliment.

A member and sometime head of the Albanian Christian Democratic Party, he has also served as a parlimentarian in that country. While serving in that capacity, he was a member of an important Center-right coalition.

He was a forming member of the ethnic Albanian Christodemocrat Union across Kosovo, Croatia, and Albania. At the organization's founding in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1995, Bushati was selected to serve as its Chairman at least until its first general congress.

External link

• Official list of Albanian Ambassadors with addresses (http://www.mfa.gov.al/english/ambasadat1.asp)