Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country,enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe,with 2,544 hours of sun per year.
Sali Ram Berisha is an Albanian cardiologist and conservative politician who served as the president of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and 32nd prime minister from 2005 to 2013. Berisha serves as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania since 2022 and has held the position previously from 1990 to 2013. He also serves as the incumbent Leader of Opposition in the Albanian parliament.
Edi Rama is an Albanian politician,painter,writer,former university lecturer,publicist and former basketball player,who has served as the 33rd and incumbent Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was appointed Minister of Culture,Youth and Sports in 1998,an office he held until 2000. First elected mayor of Tirana in 2000,he was reelected in 2003 and 2007.
Fatos Thanas Nano is an Albanian socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of Albania in 1991,from 1997 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2005. He was the first leader and founder of the Socialist Party of Albania and a member of the Albanian Parliament from 1991 to 1993 and 1997 to 2009. He reformed the anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist ideology of the Labor Party of Albania into social democracy for its successor,the Socialist Party. During his leadership,the Socialist Party,as a result of reforms,joined the Socialist International and Party of European Socialists. Nano was a candidate in the 2007 presidential election but did not win. He again tried in the 2012 presidential election,but he did not even qualify as a candidate,because the leaders of parties in Parliament obstructed their respective MPs to elect him as candidate in the elections.
The Mayor of Tirana is the head of the General Assembly in Tirana,Albania. The mayor including with his cabinet,exercises the executive power of the city and is directly elected together with the City Council,directly for 4-year term.
Lulzim Basha is an Albanian politician and the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania and the leader of the albanian opposition.
G99 is a centre-left and progressive political party in Albania created in 2008 by a group of activists who have previously participated in the Movement Mjaft!. Members of this party are under 29 years old and consider themselves as representatives of the youth in Albanian politics.
The National Theatre of Albania was the main theatre in Tirana,Albania. In March 2020,the National Theatre of Albania was selected by Europa Nostra among the 7 most endangered monuments in Europe,as an exceptional example of modern Italian architecture from the 1930s and one of the most prominent cultural centers in Albania,facing impending threat of demolition. On 17 May 2020,the National Theatre building was demolished.
Jakov Xoxa was an author from Albania of the 20th century.
Saint Procopius Church of Tirana is an Orthodox church on the outskirts of Tirana,Albania. It was one of only two Orthodox churches that existed in the city before World War II,the other one being the 19th-century Evangelismos Church,which was demolished in 1967.
Bujar Faik Nishani was an Albanian politician. He served as the president of Albania from 24 July 2012 to 24 July 2017.
The Albanian local elections of 2011 took place on 8 May 2011 in Albania. Electors were asked to elect their municipality's mayor,municipal council members,municipal unit mayor,and municipal unit members. The elections were administrated by the Central Election Commission of Albania. Only 9 of the 384 winning candidates were women.
Blendi Klosi is an Albanian Socialist Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berat. On 13 September 2017,Mr. Klosi was appointed as Minister of Tourism and Environment by the 2nd Rama government.
The Fino Government better known as the Government of National Reconciliation was a caretaker government that presided over Albania from 13 March 1997 to 24 July 1997,during the Albanian Civil War. It was created as a result of the social,economic,and political turmoil of early 1997,spurred by the collapse of pyramid schemes and the subsequent loss of many Albanians' life savings. This government was formed in the week following the resignation of the government of Aleksandër Meksi on 1 March 1997 by the major political parties of the country with international support. The Government was voted in the morning session at 10:00 a.m. on 12 March 1997,while received the approval of the President Sali Berisha shortly before midnight on the same day.
SFIDA! për Shqipërinë is an Albanian political party,founded in 2016. SFIDA is an anti-establishment party that promotes direct democracy,mandate limitation and vetting for politicians. SFIDA is a follow-up of the movement "Ne,Tirana" which supported Gjergj Bojaxhi during local elections in 2015 where he ran as an independent candidate for Tirana's city hall. The party does not have a traditional leader. Instead this role is split between an administrative chairman and a political representative,Gjergj Bojaxhi.
Endri Fuga is a political strategist and consultant,known for his role as the Director of Communications to the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama. Fuga's long-term relationship with the Prime Minister dates back to when Rama was mayor of Tirana. Fuga became known as the modernizer of the Socialist Party communications systems,as well as the architect of the 2013 left wing coalition campaign,which was characterized by the massive use of digital communication and social media. Prior to joining Rama at the Municipality of Tirana,Fuga was a civic society advocate,working closely with his friend,current Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj. Fuga has worked as a strategist to political campaigns in Europe,South East Asia,Latin America and Africa. He has also been a consultant for different international organizations,like USAID,IRI,the Open Society Foundation in different parts of the world.
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician who has served as the 5th and current president of Kosovo since 4 April 2021.
Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 April 2021. It took place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Belind Këlliçi is an Albanian conservative politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Tirana County in April 2021 general elections. He is the official candidate of the Democratic Party to run for Mayor of Tirana in the upcoming local elections,after winning in the Democratic Party Primaries.
The Albanian local elections of 2023 took place on 14 May 2023 in Albania.
