During the period from 1966 until 1974, he worked as a lecturer and head of the
English language department at the
University of Tirana. From 1972–1974 he served as deputy dean at the university's Foreign Languages Faculty. Later that year, he was appointed first secretary and deputy ambassador of the
permanent mission of Albania to the
UN in
New York and remained there until 1978. From 1984–1990, Kapllani served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of international organizations. In 1991, he held the portfolio of
Minister of Foreign Affairs in both the
Nano and
Bufi governments. He served as political adviser to president
Alfred Moisiu from 2002 to 2007. ==References==