Edmond Panariti

Edmond Panariti (born 1 June 1960) is an Albanian academic and politician, who is the former minister of foreign affairs and the minister of agriculture and rural development.

Early life and education

Panariti was born in Tirana on 1 June 1960. He studied veterinary medicine and graduated from the University of Agriculture in Tirana in 1984. He obtained a PhD in 1993 and the title of his thesis is "Tissue distribution and milk secretion of 131 I in ruminants following their experimental exposure".

Career

Panariti holds academic degrees, including associate professor (1996) and full professor of toxicology (2000). He began his career as a researcher at the Department of Radiobiology of the Institute of Veterinary Research in Tirana (1984-1989). He served as the head of the Department of Environmental Toxicology at the Institute of Veterinary Research (1992-1995). Then he worked as the head of the food safety section at the Institute of Public Health (1996-1998). He became the deputy director of the Institute of Veterinary Research in 1998. His tenure lasted until 2006. During this period, he published many articles and two textbooks.