Ermir Dobjani

Ermir Dobjani (born 6 April 1953, in Kavajë) is an Albanian lawyer who served as Albania's first Ombudsman (Avokati i Popullit), a post he held from 2000 to 2010.

From 1981 to 1988 he was an external lecturer of administrative law in this faculty, and from 1989 to 1991 he worked as an internal lecturer and directed the Public Law Department.

In 1994, Dobjani founded the Dobjani Lawyers law office, which operated for six years until 2000, when the office was temporarily closed due to the public office which Dobjani was elected to.

From February 2000 to February 2010, Dobjani was elected from the Albanian Parliament for two mandates in the public office of the Albanian Ombudsman (People’s Advocate).

He was awarded the science degree of Doctor of Law in 1991 and the Professor title in 2010.