Jozefina Topalli

Jozefina Çoba Topalli (born 1963) is an Albanian politician and the current Chairman of the Parliament of Albania since September 3, 2005 and vice-president of the Democratic Party of Albania.

Jozefina was born in Shkodra and has been a member of the national legislature since 1997. She graduated from Luigj Gurakuqi University in Shkodra with double-major in mathematics and law. She subsequently studied international relations at the University of Padova in Italy and acquired a master's from the University of Tirana in public administration.

In 2005, Topalli was elected president of the unicameral legislature (Assembly) of Albania, the highest position a woman has ever held in Albanian politics.

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This article was adopted from the official biography on the website of the [http://www.partiademokratike.al/jozefina_topalli.htm Democratic Party of Albania] .