List of Justice Ministers of Albania

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This is a list of Justice Ministers of Albania who have served since the Albanian Declaration of Independence of 1912. [1]

Albania country in Southeast Europe

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea. It shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south and a maritime border with Italy to the west.

Albanian Declaration of Independence declaration of independence

The Albanian Declaration of Independence was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six days later the Assembly of Vlorë formed the first Government of Albania which was led by Ismail Qemali and the Council of Elders (Pleqnia).

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1912–present

No.Name
Term in office
1Petro Poga4 December 191222 January 1914
2 Myfit Libohova 15 March 19143 September 1914
3Sali Toro5 October 191427 January 1916
4 Petro Poga 25 December 191829 January 1920
5Hoxha Kadri30 January 192014 November 1920
6 Xhafer Ypi 15 November 19201 July 1921
7 Dhimitër Kacimbra 11 July 192116 October 1921
8Koço Tasi16 October 19216 December 1921
9Hoxha Kadri6 December 192112 December 1921
10Qerim Çelo12 December 192124 December 1921
11Hysen Vrioni24 December 19212 December 1922
12Milto Tutulani2 December 192225 February 1924
13 Myfit Libohova 3 March 192427 May 1924
14Benedikt Blinishti30 May 192410 June 1924
15Stavro Vinjau16 June 192424 December 1924
16 Myfit Libohova 6 January 192531 January 1925
17Petrit Poga1 February 192523 September 1925
18Milto Tutulani/Josif Kedhi28 September 192510 February 1927
19Petro Poga12 February 192721 October 1927
20Hiqmet Delvina11 May 19285 March 1930
21Vasil Avrami6 March 193011 April 1931
22Milto Tutulani20 April 19317 December 1932
23Vasil Avrami11 January 193316 October 1935
24Thoma Orollogaj/Faik Shatku9 November 19367 April 1939
25 Xhafer Ypi 21 April 19393 December 1941
26Hasan Dosti3 December 19414 January 1943
27Anton Kosmaçi18 January 194311 February 1943
28Rrok Kolaj5 November 194323 October 1944
29Manol Konomi23 October 19445 March 1951
30 Bilbil Klosi 5 March 195113 September 1966
31Enver Halili8 May 199021 February 1991
32Dashnor Kore22 February 199110 May 1991
33Fatmir Zaloshnja11 May 19914 June 1991
34Shefqet Muçi11 June 19916 December 1991
35Kudret Çela18 December 19913 December 1994
36 Hektor Frashëri 4 December 199410 July 1996
37Kristofor Peçi11 July 199610 March 1997
38Spartak Ngjela11 March 199724 July 1997
39Thimio Kondi25 July 19974 June 1999
40Ilir Panda4 June 19998 July 2000
41 Arben Imami 8 July 20006 September 2001
42Sokol Nako6 September 200129 January 2002
43Spiro Peçi22 February 200229 December 2003
44 Fatmir Xhafaj 29 December 20031 September 2005
45 Aldo Bumçi 11 September 200520 March 2007
46 Ilir Rusmali 20 March 200724 November 2007
47 Enkelejd Alibeaj 24 November 200717 September 2009
48 Bujar Nishani 17 September 200921 April 2011
49 Eduard Halimi 21 July 201111 September 2013
50 Nasip Naço 15 September 20139 November 2015
51Ylli Manjani9 November 201531 January 2017
52 Petrit Vasili 3 February 201721 May 2017
53 Gazment Bardhi 22 May 201717 August 2017
54 Etilda Gjonaj 13 September 2017Incumbent

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Albania is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, where the President of Albania is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Albania the head of government in a multi-party system. The executive power is exercised by the Government and the Prime Minister with its Cabinet. Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Albania. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The political system of Albania is laid out in the 1998 constitution. The Parliament adopted the current constitution on 28 November 1998. Due to political instability, the country has had many constitutions during its history. Albania was initially constituted as a monarchy in 1913, briefly a republic in 1925, then it returned to a democratic monarchy in 1928. It later became a socialist republic until the restoration of capitalism and democracy in 1992.

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