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.
Indirect presidential elections were held in Albania on 20 and 27 June, 8, 11, 14, and 20 July, the sixth such elections since the collapse of the communist regime in 1991.
Bamir Myrteza Topi is an Albanian diplomat and politician. He also was the president of Albania from July 2007 to July 2012.
Teuta Topi was the first lady of Albania from 2007 to 2012 as the wife of former President Bamir Topi.
Events from the year 2007 in Albania.
Gazmend Oketa is an Albanian politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Albania, as well as Minister of Defence.
The "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu" Decoration is a high honorary state decoration that is currently awarded to Albanian and foreign citizens in Albania, that have made an important contribution to the defence, reinforcement and development of the Republic of Albania.
Rilindja Demokratike is an Albanian newspaper founded and continuously published in Tirana. Rilindja Demokratike is the official newspaper of the Democratic Party of Albania. Its chief editor is Bledi Kasmi. Its first publication was on 5 January 1991 and was the first free newspaper since the Fall of communism in Albania, while it functioned against the state newspaper Zëri i Popullit what was the newspaper of the Communist Party and nowadays of the Socialist Party. RD was also the first media in Albania that openly criticized the regime of Enver Hoxha
Dhimitër Anagnosti is an Albanian film director of the 20th century. He was a member of the Parliament of Albania in the 1990s and a Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. For his contribution in film, he received the People's Artist of Albania medal. In 2011, former president Bamir Topi accredited him the "Honor of the Nation" order, Albanian: Urdhri "Nderi i Kombit".
Astrit Patozi is an Albanian politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania. As one of the closest associates of former prime minister Sali Berisha, he served as deputy leader of the Democratic Party and also as head of its parliamentary group. On 23 April 2019, he became the coordinator of the newly born political party on the center-right of the Albanian political scene, Democratic Conviction.
Slobodan Petrović is a Kosovo Serb politician and former Deputy Prime Ministers of the Republic of Kosovo. He was a member of the Kosovo Assembly and until 2020 he was the head of the Independent Liberal Party (SLS).
The following lists events from the year 2011 in Albania.
Ardian Klosi was an Albanian publicist, albanologist, writer, translator and social activist. He graduated Albanian literature at the University of Tirana in 1981 and received his PhD on German and Comparative Literature at the University of Innsbruck.
A hunger strike by former politically persecuted persons of Albania began on 21 September 2012 in Tirana involving 20 people persecuted during the communist years. The strike began for economic purposes, seeking the Albanian government to compensate them according to a law passed in 2007 entitling former political prisoners to 2,000 lek for each day they were in prison.
The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Republic of Albania.
The following lists events that happened during 2012 in the Republic of Albania.
The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Republic of Albania.
The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Republic of Albania.
Albania–Libya relations refers to bilateral relations between Albania and Libya. Libya has an embassy in Tirana.
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