Niko Peleshi MP | |
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 Peleshi in 2023 | |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Albania | |
| Assumed office 12 September 2025 | |
| President | Bajram Begaj |
| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Elisa Spiropali |
| Member of the Albanian Parliament for Korça | |
| Assumed office 25 June 2017 | |
| 35th Defence Minister of Albania | |
| In office 4 January 2021 –30 July 2024 | |
| President | Ilir Meta Bajram Begaj |
| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Olta Xhaçka |
| Succeeded by | Pirro Vengu |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | |
| In office 13 September 2017 –5 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Edmond Panariti |
| Succeeded by | Bledi Çuçi |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Albania | |
| In office 15 September 2013 –22 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Myqerem Tafaj |
| Succeeded by | Ledina Mandia |
| Mayor of Korçë | |
| In office 18 February 2007 –15 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Sali Berisha |
| Preceded by | Robert Damo |
| Succeeded by | Sotiraq Filo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1970 |
| Party | Socialist |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Tirana |
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Niko Aleks Peleshi (born 11 November 1970) is an Albanian politician who has been serving as the Speaker of the Parliament of Albania since September 2025. He previously served as the Minister of Defence from December 2020 to September 2025,and as the Deputy Prime Minister of Albania in September 2013. He was Prefect of Korçëfrom 2004 [1] to 2005 and Mayor of Korçë [2] from 2007 to 2012. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Party. He's been an official deputy since 2019.
