While at Duke, Selim was the MIDP class representative for Sanford School of Public Policy's Board of Visitors. He was also the graduation speaker for the Masters in International Development Policy class of 2010.[7] Selimi was featured in 50 Years of Public Policy at Duke[8]
Selimi was appointed a Rule of Law Advisor to the 4th President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga in 2012. He was the Coordinator of The National Anti-Corruption Council that was established by the President of Kosovo, to increase cooperation and coordination among the Kosovo institutions in the forefront of the fight against corruption.[11] In 2013 Selimi was appointed Special Envoy to Initiative for RECOM, a regional commission for the establishment of facts about war crimes and other serious violations of human rights committed in the former Yugoslavia.[12]
Selim Selimi was appointed the Rule of Law Advisor to Prime MinisterRamush Haradinaj in 2018.[13] He was also the Coordinator of the High Level Council on Rule of Law, Chaired by the Prime Minister.[14] In 2019 he assumed the duties of the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister.[15] In this position he was a member of the Kosovo Security Council and head of the technical dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia.[16]
Selim Selimi served as Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo from 3 June 2020 to 22 March 2021. During his tenure as the Minister of Justice he concluded the Functional Review of the Kosovo Rule of Law System[17] and presented to the Parliament various pieces of legislation, among others, the Civil Code of Kosovo, Draft Law on the Anti-Corruption Agency, Draft Law on Criminal Procedure, Draft Law on Establishing the Commercial Court of Kosovo, Draft Law on the Disciplinary Responsibility of Judges and Prosecutors, Draft Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Draft Law on Correctional Service, etc.[18] Selimi formed the Inclusive Working Group that produced the first document for the process of Vetting of Judges and Prosecutors.[19] During Minister's Selimi tenure in coordination with USAID, Kosovo was for the first time included in the “World Justice Project Rule of Law Index”, which ranked Kosovo first in the Western Balkans and second in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region for respecting the rule of law in 2020 and 2021.[20][21]
^cac133@duke.edu (2 September 2021). "Selim Selimi, MIDP '10". 50 Years of Public Policy at Duke. Retrieved 18 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^SADRIU, President of the Republic of Kosovo-DR VJOSA OSMANI-. "Anti-Corruption Council". President of the Republic of Kosovo - DR. VJOSA OSMANI - SADRIU. Retrieved 19 October 2022.