Kastriot Islami

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Kastriot Selman Islami (born August 18, 1952 in Tirana ) is an Albanian politician of the Socialist Party of Albania and has been a member of the Albanian Parliament since 1991 .

education and profession

Islami completed his studies at the Faculty of Science at the University of Tirana . Between 1981 and 1985 he obtained a doctorate in atomic and molecular physics from the University of Paris-South . He did postgraduate studies at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen .

Kastriot Islami held various positions at the Faculty of Science at the University of Tirana, including serving as its dean for a while .

Political career

Islami was appointed President of Parliament in 1991. A year later, on April 3, 1992, Islami had to take over the office of president after the last communist president, Ramiz Alia, announced his resignation. However, he only held this office for three days. When the Democrats won the first free elections in Albania in 1992, former student leader Sali Berisha succeeded Islami as head of state. After that, things calmed down around Kastriot Islami. It was not until the Socialists were able to win the 1997 elections that Islami held government offices again, including as Minister of State between 1997 and 1998 , as Vice Prime Minister between April and October 1998 and as Minister of Finance from 2002 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, when the Democrats won the elections, he was also Foreign Minister.

Role in the political crisis from 2009

After the parliamentary elections in June 2009, Albania fell into a deep political crisis that continues to this day. Among other things, the boycott of parliament by the socialists from summer 2009 was one of the fundamental factors that initiated the crisis. When parliament met again for the first time after the local elections on May 26, 2011, Islami and his party colleague Andis Harasani opposed party leader Edi Rama's call for a boycott . The two of you were the only ones to represent the opposition. Since then, the already strained intra-party relations between Rama and the two have deteriorated. The Socialist Party even threatened to expel the two MPs.

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personal data
SURNAME Islami, castriot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Islami, Kastriot Selman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian politician (PS)
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Tirana , Albania