He was a Minister of Energy and Industry and a member of the Albanian parliament for the Socialist Party, chosen in the District of Elbasan.

His father has been a professor and member of the parliament, as well as one of the leaders of environment movements and organizations in Albania.

He has a MA for Public Policies in the United States, at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, mainly focusing in fields of war against terrorism and national security, as well as an LL.M.

[2] He was chosen as "vice-secretary for legal affairs" of SPA in July 2007 and was one of the authors of new Electoral Code in 2008.

During the year 2019/2020 Gjiknuri led the electoral reform which was finalised with the change of the Albanian Constitution.