Alfred Spiro Moisiu is a former Albanian military general,diplomat and politician. He was the president of Albania from 2002 to 2007. He is the oldest son of Albanian Army general Spiro Moisiu.
The Gorani or Goranci,are a Slavic Muslim ethnic group inhabiting the Gora region—the triangle between Kosovo,Albania,and North Macedonia. They number an estimated 60,000 people,and speak a transitional South Slavic dialect,called Goranski. The vast majority of the Gorani people adhere to Sunni Islam.
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 Socialist Party of Albania is a social-democratic political party in Albania. It has been described as centre-left. It was founded on 13 June 1991. The PS is an associate of the Party of European Socialists and a member of the Socialist International,and holds pro-European views.
The Social Democratic Party of Albania is a minor social-democratic political party in Albania. Its founder is Skënder Gjinushi,a former Minister of Education (1987–1991) and Speaker of Parliament (1997–2001).
The Party of Labour of Albania (PLA),also referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP),was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded on 8 November 1941 as the Communist Party of Albania but changed its name in 1948. The party was dissolved on 13 June 1991 and succeeded by the Socialist Party of Albania and the new Communist Party of Albania. For most of its existence,the party was dominated by its First Secretary,Enver Hoxha,who was also the de facto leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.
Bashkim Fino was an Albanian socialist politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of Albania from March to July 1997.
The Gorani or Goranski,also Našinski language,is the variety of South Slavic spoken by the Gorani people in the border area between Kosovo,North Macedonia,and Albania. It is part of the Torlakian dialect group,which is transitional between Eastern and Western South Slavic languages.
The People's Socialist Republic of Albania,officially the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 until 1976,and from 1991 to 1992 as the Republic of Albania,was the one-party communist state in Albania from 1946 to 1991. It succeeded the Democratic Government of Albania (1944–1946).
Zehrudin Dokle,is an Albanian actor and director.
In 1991,the Socialist Party of Albania,with specific social democratic ideology took control of the country through democratic elections. One year later the Democratic Party of Albania won the new elections. After 1990,Albania has been seeking a closer relationship with the West. What followed were deliberate programs of economic and democratic reform,but the implementation of capitalism led to the proliferation of pyramid schemes. Chaos in late 1996 to early 1997,as a result of the collapse of these pyramid schemes,alarmed the world and prompted the influx of international peacekeeping forces. In 1995,Albania was accepted into the Council of Europe and requested membership in NATO and is a potential candidate country for accession to the European Union. The workforce of Albania has continued to emigrate to Western countries,especially Greece and Italy.
Party for Justice and Integration,was a political party in Albania that represented the Cham Albanians in politics. In February 2011,it dissolved into the Party for Justice,Integration and Unity.
Servet Pëllumbi is an Albanian politician. He served as Chairman of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania from 30 April 2002 until 3 September 2005. Pëllumbi is lecturer in Political Academy of the Socialist Party of Albania.
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 unrest of 1997. 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.
The Political Academy of the Socialist Party of Albania or simply Political Academy is the first academy of modern left-wing leadership in Albania. It is an academy established by the Socialist Party of Albania and the contribution of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The academy holds its lectures in Golem,near Durrës.
Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 June. They had initially been scheduled for 18 June,but after a possible boycott was announced by opposition parties during a political crisis that lasted three months,an agreement was reached between all parties on 18 May to change the date. The Socialist Party won 74 of the 140 seats.
The Twenty-ninth Legislature of Albania,officially known as the VIII Pluralist Legislature of Albania,is the legislature of Albania following the 2013 general election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Albanian Parliament. The party of the Prime Minister Edi Rama,PS,with its coalition partners obtained an absolute majority of 83.
The Second Government of the Prime Minister Ilir Meta was the 60th Government of the Republic of Albania which was officially mandated by President Rexhep Meidani on 7 September 2001. After the 2001 election,the alliance led by the Socialist Party won the majority for the second time in a row and managed to create a post–electoral coalition of 86 seats in Parliament to form the new government.
The Twenty-sixth Legislature of Albania,officially known as the V Pluralist Legislature of Albania,was the legislature of Albania following the 2001 Albanian Parliamentary election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Albanian Parliament. The party of the Prime Minister Ilir Meta,PS,obtained majority of 83 deputies.
