Emil Kirjas
Emil Kirjas is a Macedonian politician. He served as junior minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2006.. He is currently a vice-president of Liberal International, the oldest political international in the world based in London, where he was one of the longest serving secretaries-general. In 2007 he was elected a vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party for a mandate of 2 years.
He is a former President of the International Federation of Liberal Youth, a position which he occupied from 2001 to 2005, after having served as secretary-general and vice-president of the organisation.
His career includes working for various international organisations and institutions, including the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. In 2017 he founded Kirjas Global Ltd. and currently advises heads of states and prominent political leaders world-wide.
He graduated with a master's degree in Geopolitics, Territory and Security from King's College London in 2007 where he was a Chevening Scholar. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.
