Edi Rama is an Albanian politician,painter,writer,former university lecturer,publicist and former basketball player,who has served as the 33rd and current Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. Prior to his tenure as Prime Minister,Rama held a number of positions. 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.
The Democratic Party of Albania is a conservative political party in Albania. It has been the largest opposition party in the country since 2013.
Aleksandër Xhuvani was an Albanian philologist and educator. Xhuvani spent much of his career working for the improvement of Albanian schools;he also advocated the standardization of the Albanian language in the years following Albania's independence. Among his writings are grammars in Albanian,as well as a dictionary of the language. Xhuvani also served as a politician,sitting in both the Constituent Assembly of the Albanian Kingdom and as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania. In the latter he served as vice-president of the Presidium towards the end of his life.
The Ministry of Education and Sports is a department of the Albanian Government responsible for Education and Sport. The current minister is Evis Kushi.
The Qafa e Vishës bus accident occurred on 21 May 2012,at Qafa e Vishës near Himarë,Albania,when a bus plunged 80 metres (260 ft) off a cliff. Most of the victims were students of Aleksandër Xhuvani University of Elbasan. The driver is also believed to have been killed. The students were travelling from Elbasan to Sarandë.
Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 23 June 2013. The result was a victory for the Alliance for a European Albania led by the Socialist Party and its leader,Edi Rama. Incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party-led Alliance for Employment,Prosperity and Integration conceded defeat on 26 June,widely viewed as a sign of growing democratic maturity in Albania.
The First Lady of Albania is the unofficial title of the wife or designee of the sitting President of Albania. The current First Lady is Armanda Ymeri,wife of President Bajram Begaj,who has held the role since July 2022.
Namik Resuli was an Albanian linguist and academic.
Metropolitan Visarion Xhuvani was the primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania from 1929 to 1936. He was a main contributor to the autocephaly,and a close collaborator of Fan Noli.
Thoma Deliana (1925–2014) was an Albanian politician of the Communist Albania period,being the longest serving Minister of Education (1963-1976) in overall.
Gazment Bardhi is an Albanian lawyer and politician who formerly served as Albania's Minister of Justice in 2017. A noted legal expert in albanian politics,he played an important role in the drafting of the much debated Vetting Law,one of the key components of the country's judicial reform process. On January 19,2019 Bardhi was elected as General Secretary of the Democratic Party,defeating his opponent Dorjan Teliti by a vote of 277–44. Two years later,he was elected member of the assembly on September 10,2021 to serve in the 31st legislature,representing the Democratic Party in Elbasan.
Etilda Gjonaj is an Albanian politician,lawyer,and professor. She served as Minister of Justice of Albania.
The Abetare is a children's textbook written in the Albanian language. It was created to help teach the basic language to children and young adults throughout Albania and the surrounding region where Albanians live. Abetare has played a significant role in the history of Albanian education and laid the groundwork for literary Albanian which helped raise the national consciousness for future generations. By learning to read and write,young Albanians were introduced to the history and culture of their homeland.
Naxhije Dume was an Albanian politician. She was one of the first group of female members of the Albanian parliament and the first female minister,serving briefly as Minister of Education in 1948.
Bledar "Bledi" Çuçi is an Albanian politician. From January 2019 until December 2020 he served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the second cabinet of Edi Rama. On 16 December 2020,he was chosen by Prime Minister Edi Rama to serve as Interior Minister following the resignation of Sandër Lleshaj after mass protests hit the country following the police shooting of a 25 year old man who broke quarantine curfew.
Themie Thomai Prifti was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour. She served as a Minister of Agriculture from 1986 to 1987.
Përparim Rama is a Kosovo Albanian architect and urban planner serving as the current Mayor of Pristina since 7 December 2021. His work has been published in London Building Design Magazine and several other international design magazines.
Frida Krifca is an Albanian politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Agliculture in the Rama III Cabinet since September 2021.
Delina Ibrahimaj is an Albanian politician serving as Minister of Finance and Economy in Prime Minister Edi Rama's Cabinet since September 2021.
Artane Rizvanolli is a Kosovar Albanian economist,currently serving as minister of economy of the Republic of Kosovo.
