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About Zef Mazi
- Zef Mazi (born 27 January 1956) is a former Albanian diplomat who has been serving as Special Assistant to the Director General for Strategy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2011, where he has been in charge for Agency-wide strategy formulation, planning and implementation, as well as risk-management and knowledge management. Zef Mazi was Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as to the Republic of Ireland from 2007 until 2011.
- Previously, Mazi was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations Office at Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and other International Organizations in Vienna from 1992–1997 and 2002–2007 respectively.
- He was appointed Director of the UN Department in the MFA in 2007.
- He served in the OSCE Secretariat and the IAEA Secretariat (1998-2002) and was Head of Mission at the Embassy of Republic of Austria and the Swiss Confederation (1991–1992).
- Mazi served as Chairman of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in 2013.Mazi also served in the Multilateral Department at the MFA in Tirana and was a member of the Albanian permanent delegation to the negotiations on the resumption of diplomatic relations between Albania and the United Kingdom (1989–1991).
- He also served as Head of International Relations Department at the General Directorate of PTT (1987–1988).
- While he served as translator/editor at the Publishing House and University lecturer (1978-1987), he worked part-time as radio announcer in Radio Tirana, foreign language service. Zef Mazi was a presidential candidate in Albania’s 2002 Presidential elections as well as Albania’s nominee/candidate for the Secretary General of the OSCE.
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