Ermal Jauri is an Albanian security and public-sector professional with extensive experience across the Albanian Armed Forces, military intelligence, national security, countering violent extremism and terrorism, law-enforcement oversight, and international security cooperation. He holds the rank of Captain in the Reserve of the Albanian Armed Forces and currently serves as Chair of the George C. Marshall Albania Alumni Association.

Mr. Jauri began his professional career in the Albanian Armed Forces, serving in a range of operational and staff assignments. His military career began as a Platoon Commander with the Albanian Commando Forces and progressed through positions of increasing responsibility.

His international operational experience includes service in Baghdad, Iraq, as an Intelligence Officer with the Multinational Corps–Iraq during Coalition Operations. This assignment provided him with direct experience in a complex multinational security environment, including intelligence activities, operational coordination, threat assessment, and cooperation with international military and security partners.

Following his military service, Mr. Jauri continued his career in Albania’s national security and public administration structures. At the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Albania, he served as Deputy National Coordinator for Countering Violent Extremism and Counterterrorism, contributing to national efforts related to the prevention of violent extremism, counterterrorism, institutional coordination, community resilience, and cooperation with domestic and international security partners. His responsibilities included engagement with state institutions, law-enforcement and security structures, civil society, and international organizations and partners working in the fields of prevention, security, and counterterrorism.

Mr. Jauri subsequently continued his public-service career with the Police Oversight Agency (AMP), further expanding his professional experience into law-enforcement oversight, accountability, integrity, and the supervision of legality within security and policing structures. His work at the Agency has involved responsibilities related to the oversight of law-enforcement activity, institutional accountability, compliance with legal and professional standards, and the strengthening of integrity within the structures under the Agency’s mandate.

These assignments, combined with his military and intelligence background, have provided Mr. Jauri with professional experience across several interconnected dimensions of the security sector: defense and military operations, intelligence, counterterrorism and prevention of violent extremism, law-enforcement oversight, institutional integrity, and inter-agency security coordination.

Mr. Jauri is a graduate of the Albanian Armed Forces Academy and holds a Master’s degree in National Security from the Armed Forces Academy in Tirana. He also attended the Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS) at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany and completed the MBA in London. Throughout his career, he has completed numerous professional military, security, leadership, intelligence, and NATO-related training programs in Albania and abroad, including programs in Germany, Canada, Denmark, and other partner countries.

Complementing his security background, Mr. Jauri completed studies in Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Tirana, providing him with an interdisciplinary professional foundation combining security, defense, intelligence, law enforcement, public administration, and legal affairs. He also holds a license as a Judicial Mediator in Albania.

During his active military career, Mr. Jauri received six medals, together with several certificates of appreciation and professional evaluations from Albanian and international institutions and diplomatic missions in recognition of his military service and professional contribution.

Through his service in the Albanian Armed Forces, international military operations, the Ministry of Interior, and the Police Oversight Agency, as well as his engagement with the George C. Marshall security community, Mr. Jauri has developed a professional profile centered on national security, defense, intelligence, counterterrorism, prevention of violent extremism, law-enforcement oversight, institutional integrity, and Euro-Atlantic security cooperation.