Biography

Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj

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Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj, mag.iur.

Biography

  • Member of Parliament
  • The representative of the Albanian,
    Bosniak, Montenegrin, Macedonian and
    Slovenian national minorities in the
    Croatian Parliament
  • Born on 15 th July 1971 in Prizren, the
    Republic of Kosovo
  • Married

Education

  • 2019 – enrolled the programme of professional development for the Leader of Creation and
    Implementation of projects financed by the EU fond at the PAR University College
  •  2016 – enrolled the postgraduate programme of the Doctoral degree at the Faculty of Law in
    Mostar
  • 2010 – passed the exam for the Expert on Public Procurement at the Ministry of Economy
  • 2005 – passed the Bar exam at the Ministry of Law
  • 2000 – passed the exam for the Court Interpreter for the Albanian language
  • 1996 – graduated at the Faculty of Law in Rijeka
  • Finished elementary and high school in Prizren

Professional career

  • 2016 – Member of Parliament of the 9 th assembly and the representative of the Albanian,
    Bosniak, Montenegrin, Macedonian and Slovenian national minorities in the Croatian
    Parliament,
  • 2016 – member of the Legislation Committee, Domestic politics and national security
    committee, Human rights and minority rights committee,
  • 2016 – Leader of the Croatian – Albanian parliament association,
  • 2015 – 2016 – Member of Parliament of the 8 th assembly and the representative of the
    Albanian, Bosniak, Montenegrin, Macedonian and Slovenian national minorities in the
    Croatian Parliament,
  • 2015 – 2016 – member of the Domestic politics and national security committee, Human
    rights and minority rights committee, Committee for the Constitution, Rules of Procedure
    and political system,
  • 2015 – 2016 – Leader of the Croatian – Albanian parliament association,
  • Manager of the Legal and HR department in Vodovod Žrnovnica d.o.o. in Novi Vinodolski
  • Lawyer at Jadran Crikvenica Hoteli I kampovi – Jadran d.d.

Career in politics

  • Member of the Albanian national minority Council in the Primorsko-goranska county
  • Member of the Albanian Union in the Primorsko-goranska county
  • President of the Albanian Union in the Primorsko-goranska county
  • Co-founder of the Cultural organisation Shota in Rijeka

Languages

  • Albanian
  •  English

Other points

  • Honorary citizen of Llezhe
  • Awarded the Republic of Albania President’s recognition “The Golden Eagle” for exceptional
    results in the promotion of Albanian diaspora
  • Humanitarian work