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Albania-Greece relations over the last hundred years, which coincide with the modern history of the Albanian state, have been dominated by two fundamental issues: territorial/border disputes and the issue of minorities, phenomena typical of two nations and neighboring states. [1] [2]
| No. | Name | Title | Term served | ||||
| 1 | Midhat Frashëri | Ambassador | 1923 | 1926 | |||
| 2 | Lec Kurti | Ambassador | 1926 | 1926 | |||
| 3 | Stavro Stavri | Ambassador | 1926 | 1928 | |||
| 4 | Rrok Stani | Ambassador | 1929 | 1929 | |||
| 5 | Eqrem Vlora | Ambassador | 1929 | 1930 | |||
| 6 | Ali Asllani | Ambassador | 1930 | 1932 | |||
| 7 | Xhaferr Vila | Ambassador | 1932 | 1933 | |||
| 8 | Tahir Shtylla | Ambassador | 1933 | 1933 | |||
| 9 | Qemal Mesarea | Ambassador | 1933 | 1934 | |||
| 10 | Xhavid Leskoviku | Ambassador | 1934 | 1936 | |||
| 11 | Sotir Laci | Ambassador | 1936 | 1937 | |||
| 12 | Rauf Fico | Ambassador | 1937 | 1939 | |||
| Suspended diplomatic ties (1939–1972) | |||||||
| 13 | Lik Seiti | Ambassador | 1972 | 1979 | |||
| 14 | Bashkim Dino | Ambassador | 1979 | 1981 | |||
| 15 | Ksenofon Nushi | Ambassador | 1981 | 1988 | |||
| 16 | Izedin Ajdini | Ambassador | 1988 | 1991 | |||
| 17 | Qazim Tepshi | Ambassador | 1991 | 1992 | |||
| 18 | Hysen Çabej | Ambassador | 1992 | 1997 | |||
| 19 | Kastriot Robo | Ambassador | 1997 | 2002 | |||
| 20 | Bashkim Zeneli | Ambassador | 2002 | 2005 | |||
| 21 | Vili Minarolli | Ambassador | 2005 | 2010 | |||
| 22 | Dashnor Dervishi | Ambassador | 2010 | 2016 | |||
| 23 | Ardiana Hobdari | Ambassador | 2017 | 2019 [3] [4] | |||
| No. | Name | Title | Term served | |
| 1 | Qemal Frashëri | Consul | 1925 | 1926 |
| 2 | Vasil Kalluci | Consul | 1926 | 1926 |
| 3 | Avdyl Sula | Consul | 1926 | 1927 |
| 4 | Remzi Janina | Consul | 1926 | 1931 |
| 5 | Sofokli Çomorra | Consul | 1928 | 1933 |
| 6 | Ferid Dervishi | Consul | 1932 | 1933 |
| 7 | Dhimitër Kosturi | Consul | 1932 | 1935 |
| 8 | Hamdi Karazi | Consul | 1933 | 1934 |
| 9 | Remzi Çelo | Consul | 1934 | 1939 |
| 10 | Qemal Jusfuti | Consul | 1934 | 1935 |
| 11 | Gjergj Geco | Consul | 1935 | 1936 |
| 12 | Sotir Laci | Consul | 1936 | 1937 |
| 13 | Nezir Leskoviku | Consul | 1936 | 1938 |
| 14 | Maksud Hulusi | Consul | 1937 | 1939 |
| 15 | Rrok Stani | Consul | 1937 | 1939 |
| 16 | Xhahid Koka | Consul | 1938 | 1938 |
| 17 | Angjelin Kakariqi | Consul | 1938 | 1939 |
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