Meidani, Rexhep
About Rexhep Meidani
Date and Place of Birth:
17 August 1944, Tirana (Albania).
Education:
Mr. Meidani holds a Bachelors degree in Physics from the University of Tirana with First Class Honors (1966), a Diplôme en Etudes Approfondies in Solid State Physics from the University of Caen, France (1974), a PhD in Solid State Physics from the University of Paris XI (1976), and a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Tirana (1984).
Professional Experience:
Rexhep Meidani has had a distinguished teaching career, working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Tirana University (1966), and as Professor and Lecturer in Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics, and Theoretical and Statistical Physics at Tirana University (1976-1996). Between 1977 and 1980, he also taught at the University of Pristina in Kosovo and has been a visiting lecturer and scientist at universities in Italy, Germany, and England. He was a guest lecturer at Dallas University and Boston University in 1992.
Political Career:
Mr. Meidani entered politics in the 1990s, and became chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) in the first multiparty elections in 1991. That year, he also became a member of the Presidential Council. He became involved in civil society, serving as Chairman of the Board of the Albanian Center for Human Rights from 1994 to 1996. In 1996 he joined the Socialist Party and was elected its Secretary General, where he served until 1997.
Other:
Mr. Meidani is the author of several books and many monographs and articles that have been published in both Albanian and international scientific journals.