Lirim Greiçevci
Prishtina
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
2007
2007
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Team Coordinator & Senior Analyst
Defense of President Hashim Thaçi
The Hague
01.2021 - 08.2025
- Managing a large team of lawyers, legal professionals, and support staff, and serving as a senior analyst in the team for the evidence.
Ambassador to the Netherlands
Kosovo
The Hague
01.2018 - 01.2021
Ambassador to Ireland (non-resident)
Kosovo
Dublin
01.2013 - 01.2018
Ambassador to the UK
Kosovo
London
01.2012 - 01.2018
Deputy Head of the Kosovo negotiation team
Kosovo
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Helped negotiate various agreements and chaired implementation groups in the field of freedom of movement; civil and cadastre records; trade and customs; energy, telecoms; regional representations; acceptance of university diplomas etc.
- Engaged in back-channel diplomacy with senior Serbian officials in various European countries.
Deputy Chief of Staff / Political Adviser to the Prime Minister
Government of Kosovo
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Executed wide ranging reforms in the Office of the Prime Minister
- Designed and implemented the Office of Strategic Planning
- Advised the Prime Minister on political developments in Kosovo
- Served as transition coordinator for the transfer of powers from the international presence to Kosovo’s institutions
- Helped improve the policymaking and coordination mechanisms within the Government of Kosovo.
- Drafted speeches and policy papers.
Transition Coordinator
Government of Kosovo
01.2008 - 10.2008
- Managed a team to prepare for the transfer of the powers from the international missions to the Kosovo government in the run-up and following the declaration of independence.
Lecturer
University of Business and Technology (UBT)
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Taught an undergraduate course in comparative politics and European history
- Organized different academic workshops and conferences.
Special Adviser to the PDK Leader
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Advised the party leader on political developments in Kosovo and the region.
- Kept abreast with developments on the international scene related to Kosovo.
- Liaised with the international civil and military presence in Kosovo.
- Drafted speeches, policy memos and talking points.
Chef de Cabinet, Office of the PDK Leader
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Maintained contacts with representatives of the international missions and diplomatic representatives in Kosovo.
- Drafted speeches and policy documents.
- Managed the diary for the party leader.
- Coordinated visits at home and abroad.
- Organized campaign events.
Senior Interpreter to the SRSG
UNMIK
01.2000 - 01.2002
- Interpreted in high-level political meetings for the SRSG.
- Translated sensitive political and legal documents.
- Reviewed the local daily press for the Principal Deputy SRSG.
- Advised senior UNMIK staff on local political culture and sensitivities.
Information Officer
Provisional Government of Kosovo (QPK)
06.1999 - 11.1999
- Prepared and distributed electronic daily press briefs for the local and international media.
- Monitored the international press.
- Staffed the Media Center.
Editorial staff member
Koha Ditore Times (English Edition)
01.1999 - 03.1999
- Prepared news articles in English from Albanian and Serbian sources
- Posted news in English on Arta News Agency’s website
Education
Master’s Degree - Comparative Politics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
B.A. Degree - Political Science and Public Administration
University of Prishtina
B.A. Degree - English Language and Literature
University of Prishtina
Languages
Albanian (native), Serbian, English, French, German, Dutch
Affiliations
- Member of the Kosovo Council of Ambassadors
- Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I, Constantinian Order of Saint George
- Member, Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), LSE.
- Published various articles, commentaries and analyses in the Kosovar daily press.
Training
- Marshall Memorial Fellowship
- Organizers: German Marshall Fund of the United States
- An intense learning and networking programme in the US, learning how to strengthen transatlantic relations
- Negotiation Training Workshop
- Organizers: OSCE, PILPG
- Training in negotiating skills for the Kosovo status talks with focus on the theory of negotiating, strategies and tactics, the role of a third party and assessing the feasibility of implementing status settlements.
- Course for Promising Politicians
- Organizers: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; European Forum for Democracy
- A one-year programme of intensive training in political negotiation skills and techniques with youth leaders from the former Yugoslavia.
Timeline
Team Coordinator & Senior Analyst
Defense of President Hashim Thaçi
01.2021 - 08.2025
Ambassador to the Netherlands
Kosovo
01.2018 - 01.2021
Ambassador to Ireland (non-resident)
Kosovo
01.2013 - 01.2018
Ambassador to the UK
Kosovo
01.2012 - 01.2018
Deputy Head of the Kosovo negotiation team
Kosovo
01.2011 - 01.2012
Deputy Chief of Staff / Political Adviser to the Prime Minister
Government of Kosovo
01.2008 - 01.2012
Transition Coordinator
Government of Kosovo
01.2008 - 10.2008
Lecturer
University of Business and Technology (UBT)
01.2007 - 01.2008
Special Adviser to the PDK Leader
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)
01.2006 - 01.2008
Chef de Cabinet, Office of the PDK Leader
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)
01.2003 - 01.2006
Senior Interpreter to the SRSG
UNMIK
01.2000 - 01.2002
Information Officer
Provisional Government of Kosovo (QPK)
06.1999 - 11.1999
Editorial staff member
Koha Ditore Times (English Edition)
01.1999 - 03.1999
B.A. Degree - Political Science and Public Administration
University of Prishtina
B.A. Degree - English Language and Literature
University of Prishtina
Master’s Degree - Comparative Politics
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)