List of Albanian Prime Ministers
The following list represents the Albanian prime ministers ( Albanian Kryeministër ) who have been heads of government since Albania's independence in 1912.
Prime Minister of Albania (1912 until today)
Transitional government of Albania (1912-1914)
Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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Ismail Qemali (born January 16, 1844 - January 24, 1919) |
November 29, 1912 - January 22, 1914 | independent | |
Fejzi Alizoti (September 22, 1874 - April 14, 1945) |
none available | January 22, 1914 - March 7, 1914 | independent |
Principality of Albania (1914–1925)
Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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Turhan Pascha Përmeti (* around 1839, † 1927) |
none available | March 15, 1914 - September 3, 1914 (1st term) |
independent |
Essad Pascha Toptani (1863 - June 13, 1920) |
October 5, 1914 - February 24, 1916 | independent | |
Regency Council | February 24, 1916 - December 25, 1918 | independent | |
Turhan Pascha Përmeti (* around 1839, † 1927) |
none available | December 25, 1918 - January 29, 1920 (2nd term) |
independent |
Sulejman Delvina (October 5, 1884 - August 1, 1933) |
January 30, 1920 - November 14, 1920 | independent | |
Iliaz Vrioni (* 1882; † 1932) |
November 19, 1920 - October 16, 1921 (1st term) |
independent | |
Pandeli Evangjeli (* 1859 - † 1949) |
October 16, 1921 - December 6, 1921 (1st term) |
Albanian People's Party | |
Qazim Koculi (born August 22, 1887 - † January 2, 1943) |
December 6, 1921 - December 7, 1921 ( ad interim ) |
independent | |
Hasan Bej Prishtina (1873 - August 13, 1933) |
December 7, 1921 - December 12, 1921 | Albanian Progress Party | |
Idhomene Kosturi (1873 - November 5, 1943) |
none available | December 12, 1921 - December 24, 1921 ( ad interim ) |
independent |
Xhafer Ypi (* 1880 - † December 1940) |
none available | December 24, 1921 - December 26, 1922 | Albanian People's Party |
Ahmet Zogu (October 8, 1895 - April 9, 1961) |
December 26, 1922 - February 25, 1924 (1st term) |
Albanian People's Party | |
Shefqet Vërlaci (December 15, 1877 - July 21, 1946) |
March 30, 1924 - May 27, 1924 (1st term) |
Albanian Progress Party | |
Iliaz Vrioni (* 1882; † 1932) |
May 27, 1924 - June 10, 1924 (2nd term) |
Albanian Progress Party | |
Fan Noli (6 January 1882 - 13 March 1965) |
June 16, 1924 - December 23, 1924 | Albanian Liberal Party | |
Iliaz Vrioni (* 1882; † 1932) |
December 24, 1924 - January 5, 1925 (3rd term) |
Albanian Progress Party | |
Ahmet Zogu (October 8, 1895 - April 9, 1961) |
January 6, 1925 - January 31, 1925 (2nd term) |
independent |
Albanian Republic (1925–1928)
Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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Ahmet Zogu (October 8, 1895 - April 9, 1961) |
January 31, 1925 - September 1, 1928 (also President) |
independent |
Kingdom of Albania (1928–1939)
Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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Kostaq Kota (* 1889; † 1949) |
none available | September 5, 1928 - March 5, 1930 (1st term) |
independent |
Pandeli Evangjeli (* 1859 - † 1949) |
March 6, 1930 - October 16, 1935 (2nd term) |
independent | |
Mehdi Bej Frashëri (February 28, 1874 - May 25, 1963) |
October 22, 1935 - November 9, 1936 (1st term) |
independent | |
Kostaq Kota (* 1889; † 1949) |
none available | November 9, 1936 - April 8, 1939 (2nd term) |
independent |
Italian occupation (1939–1943)
Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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Shefqet Vërlaci (December 15, 1877 - July 21, 1946) |
April 12, 1939 - December 4, 1941 (2nd term) |
Albanian Fascist Party | |
Mustafa Kruja (March 15, 1887 - December 27, 1958) |
none available | December 4, 1941 - January 19, 1943 | Albanian Fascist Party |
Eqrem Libohova (born February 24, 1882 - † 1948) |
none available | January 19, 1943 - February 13, 1943 (1st term) |
Albanian Fascist Party |
Maliq Bushati (February 8, 1880 - February 15, 1946) |
February 13, 1943 - May 12, 1943 | Albanian Fascist Party | |
Eqrem Libohova (born February 24, 1882 - † 1948) |
none available | May 12, 1943 - September 9, 1943 (2nd term) |
Albanian Fascist Party |
German occupation (1943–1944)
Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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Mehdi Bej Frashëri (February 28, 1874 - May 25, 1963) |
October 24, 1943 - November 3, 1943 (2nd term) |
Balli Kombëtar | |
Rexhep Mitrovica (* around 1887 - May 21, 1967) |
November 4, 1943 - July 18, 1944 | Balli Kombëtar | |
Fiqri Dine (born August 3, 1897 - † November 26, 1960) |
July 18, 1944 - August 29, 1944 | Balli Kombëtar | |
Ibrahim Biçakçiu (* 1905; † 1977) |
August 29, 1944 - November 28, 1944 | Balli Kombëtar |
Socialist People's Republic of Albania (1944–1991)
Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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Enver Hoxha (born October 16, 1908, † April 11, 1985) |
October 22, 1944 - July 19, 1954 |
Communist Party of Albania (until 1948) Party of Labor of Albania (from 1948) |
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Mehmet Shehu (born January 10, 1913 - December 17, 1981) |
July 20, 1954 - December 17, 1981 | Labor Party of Albania | |
Adil Çarçani (May 5, 1922 - October 13, 1997) |
none available | December 18, 1981 - February 22, 1991 | Labor Party of Albania |
Fatos Nano (born September 16, 1952) |
February 22, 1991 - May 9, 1991 (1st term) |
Labor Party of Albania |
Republic of Albania (since 1991)
No. | Prime Minister (life data) |
photo | Term of office | Political party |
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1. |
Fatos Nano (born September 16, 1952) |
May 9, 1991 - June 11, 1991 (2nd term) Resignation announced on June 3 |
Labor Party of Albania | |
2. |
Ylli Bufi (born May 25, 1948) |
none available | June 11, 1991 - December 10, 1991 | Socialist Party of Albania |
3. |
Vilson Ahmeti (* 1951) |
none available | December 10, 1991 - April 13, 1992 | independent |
4th |
Aleksandër Meksi (born March 8, 1939) |
none available | April 13, 1992 - March 11, 1997 | Democratic Party of Albania |
5. |
Bashkim Fino (born October 12, 1962) |
none available | March 11, 1997 - July 24, 1997 | Socialist Party of Albania |
6th |
Fatos Nano (born September 16, 1952) |
July 24, 1997 - October 2, 1998 (3rd term) |
Socialist Party of Albania | |
7th |
Pandeli Majko (born November 15, 1967) |
October 2, 1998 - October 29, 1999 (1st term of office) |
Socialist Party of Albania | |
8th. |
Ilir Meta (born March 24, 1969) |
October 29, 1999 - February 22, 2002 | Socialist Party of Albania | |
9. |
Pandeli Majko (born November 15, 1967) |
February 22, 2002 - July 31, 2002 (2nd term of office) |
Socialist Party of Albania | |
10. |
Fatos Nano (born September 16, 1952) |
July 31, 2002 - September 11, 2005 (4th term) |
Socialist Party of Albania | |
11. |
Sali Berisha (born October 15, 1944) |
September 11, 2005 - September 9, 2013 (from September 17, 2009 2nd term of office) |
Democratic Party of Albania | |
12. |
Edi Rama (born July 4, 1964) |
since September 10, 2013 | Socialist Party of Albania |
literature
- Giovanni Armillotta: L'Albania post-comunista: dal Fatos Nano I al Sali Berisha II. Sedici anni e quindici governi alla ricerca della stabilità istituzionale. In: Rinascita 16./17. June 2007, pp. 10-11. An overview of all the governments of Albania since the democratic revolution in 1990. Giovanni Armillotta - L'ALBANIA POST-COMUNISTA: DAL FATOS NANO I AL SALI BERISHA I ( Memento from June 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- History of the Albanian Governments from 1912 to 2005 (Albanian) ( Memento from August 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
See also
- Political system of Albania
- Government of the Republic of Albania
- Albanian Parliament
- List of heads of state of Albania