Skënder Hyseni (Serbo-Croatian: Skender Hiseni) (born 17 February 1955 in Podujevo) is a Kosovar Albanian politician who is the current Minister of Internal Affairs and the former foreign minister of the Kosovo.
Hyseni graduated at the University of Pristina, branch of English Language and Literature in 1979.
Hyseni stayed for a short period of time for study purposes in Bloomsburg State College-USA (1978) and in Aberdeen University-Scotland (1986).
He was nominated as a Foreign Minister on 3 March 2008.
and held the position until 18 October 2010, when he was replaced by Vlora Çitaku.
Before holding this position he was the Minister of Culture, Youth, Sport and Non-Residential Affairs in the same government.
Hysen had also served as a spokesman for the government and for Kosovan negotiators before the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence.
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