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.
The Democratic Party of Albania is a conservative political party in Albania. It has been the largest opposition party in the country since 2013.
The Parliament of Albania or Kuvendi is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Albania;it is Albania's legislature. The Parliament is composed of no less than 140 members elected to a four-year term on the basis of direct,universal,periodic and equal suffrage by secret ballot. The Parliament is presided over by the Speaker,who is assisted by at least one deputy speaker. The electoral system is based on party-list proportional representation. There are 12 multi-seat constituencies,corresponding to the country's counties.
Lulzim Basha is an Albanian politician and the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania and the leader of the albanian opposition.
Bujar Faik Nishani was an Albanian politician. He served as the president of Albania from 24 July 2012 to 24 July 2017.
Gent Hysen Strazimiri was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania (DP). He was Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs from 2007 to 2009. Strazimiri is also member of the committee on Legal Affairs,Public Administration and Human Rights and Committee on Education and Public Information.
Tom Doshi is an Albanian businessman and politician,ex-member of the Socialist Party of Albania in the last three legislatures,and the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Albania.
Lefter Koka is an Albanian politician who served as the Minister of Environment in the centre-left Coalition Government of Albania and was also a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Socialist Party of Albania. Originally serving as a member for the Socialist Movement for Integration. Koka served as Mayor of Durrës from 2003 to 2007.
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.
Çiljeta Xhilaga,also known mononymously as Çiljeta,is an Albanian singer,model and actress.
Kadri Veseli is a Kosovar politician,former Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo and the Kosovo Intelligence Service. He is the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo. Veseli was one of the founders and leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army. He also was the chief of the Kosovo Intelligence Service,a post-war state intelligence organisation. In 2020,he was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Kosovo War.
Erion Veliaj is an Albanian,politician,who is currently serving as the Mayor of Tirana. Stemming from a civil society activism organization as the leader of MJAFT!,Veliaj joined the ranks of the Socialist Party of Albania in 2011,when he was appointed Secretary for Youth and Immigration.
Lumir Abdixhiku is a Kosovar Albanian politician serving as President of Democratic League of Kosovo since 14 March 2021. He previously served as Minister of Infrastructure and Environment in the 2019. He was also a Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2017 to 2019.
Bajram Begaj is an Albanian politician and retired military officer,who is currently serving as the president of Albania since 24 July 2022. Having had a long career in the Albanian army,he served as the 26th Chief of General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces from July 2020 to June 2022.
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.
Themie Thomai Prifti was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour.
Evis Kushi is an Albanian politician. She is serving as 52nd Minister of Education,Sports and Youth since September 2020.
Delina Ibrahimaj is an Albanian politician serving as Minister of Finance and Economy in Prime Minister Edi Rama's Cabinet since September 2021.
Bardhyl Idrizi,known mononymously as Bardhi,is an Albanian rapper. He attracted widespread attention in the Albanian-speaking Balkans upon the release of his breakthrough single,"Betohemi",which eventually peaked atop the Albanian chart.
