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Profiles of the new ministers of the "Rama 4" government

2025-09-11 14:25:21Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Profiles of the new ministers of the "Rama 4" government
Edi Rama

Prime Minister Edi Rama presented the new government today, September 11. Among them are names that are confirmed, but also new names. In this article we will take them one by one to show the profile of each of them.

Belinda Balluku – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy

Belinda Balluku has held the position of Deputy Prime Minister since 2022 and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy since January 2019. Previously, from September 2013 onwards (2019), Balluku held the position of General Director at Albcontrol.

She graduated from the Executive Program in Economic Development from Harvard Kennedy School, as well as with an honorary degree from IATA (International Air Transport Association) for Air Navigation Services Management.

Albana Koçiu – Minister of Interior

In the previous mandate, she was Minister of Health and Social Welfare, but this new mandate will find her in a new position, as Minister of Interior.

Koçiu was born in Tirana, on July 10, 1977. Since September 2023, she has held the position of Minister of Health and Social Protection.

Prior to this position, she held the position of Director of the Department of Public Administration since 2013. Within this position, Albana Koçiu was appointed by the Albanian government as a negotiator in the screening process with the European Commission, leading the Albanian delegations at a technical level regarding the Public Administration Reform (PAR) process.

Elisa Spiropali – Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

She left the Assembly of the previous legislature as its president, but with the new mandate she will have a new position. She will lead Albanian diplomacy.

Since July 2024, Spiropali has held the position of Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania during the X Legislature.

From January 2019 to July 2024, she served as Minister of State for Relations with Parliament, being reappointed to the Socialist Party's third governing mandate in September 2021.

Prior to her appointment as Minister of State for Relations with Parliament, Spiropali held the position of Vice-Chair of the Socialist Parliamentary Group and Vice-Chair of the Committee on Labor, Social Affairs and Health, from 2017 to 2019.

Petrit Malaj – Minister of Finance

Petrit Malaj has been reconfirmed as Minister of Finance. He will continue his duties as Minister of Finance.

Petrit Malaj was born in Tirana on October 13, 1978. Since July 2024, Malaj has held the position of Minister of Finance. Prior to this position, from January 2024, Petrit Malaj served as Executive Director of the National Agency for Natural Resources.

Since 2010, Malaj has held the position of Executive Director of BDO Albania, part of BDO Group, the fifth largest Group in the world in the field of Financial Consulting, Audit and Tax. In 2004, Malaj was part of the German Government Program, with a focus on capital markets, qualifying for the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchange.

Blendi Gonxhja – Minister of Culture and Tourism

Blendi Gonxhja was Minister of Economy, Innovation and Tourism in the previous mandate. But under the new government, his portfolio will change and he will be Minister of Culture and Tourism.

Blendi Gonxhja was born in Tirana, on June 15, 1970. Since January 2024, he has held the position of Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation. Prior to this position, from November 2018, Blendi Gonxhja headed the General Directorate of Road Transport Services.

Since October 2015, he has headed the Parks and Recreation Agency established by the Municipality of Tirana. In 2000, Blendi Gonxhja was appointed Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Tirana. After serving as an Advisor to the Rothschild and Packard Foundations in 2003, he dedicated himself to his activity as an entrepreneur in the field of transport-related services in Greece and Albania.

Sofjan Jaupaj – Minister of Environment

New name in the Rama government.

Sofjan Jaupaj graduated in Law in 2013 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana, where he was a member of the network of excellent students of this University and pursued LL.M. studies in Intellectual Property Law in Italy, Switzerland (beneficiary of the European scholarship of the World Intellectual Property Organization).

In the last 10 years he has held various positions in the public sector in Albania as Director of the Cabinet of the Chief Negotiator for EU Integration of Albania, Director of Integration and Senior Coordinator for EU priority legal norms at the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Culture and currently in the last 3 years he has been appointed Director General at the Ministry of Tourism and Environment.

Mirela Kumbaro – Minister of Education

Edi Rama's longest-serving minister is Mirela Kumbaro. This new mandate she will hold the position of Minister of Education.

Mirela Kumbaro Furxhi was born in Tirana in 1966. She has served as Minister of Tourism and Environment since September 2021. In 2013, she was appointed Minister of Culture, a position she held for more than 5 years, being appointed Minister of Culture again in 2017 in the second mandate of the Rama government.

In 2017, she was honored with the Order of "Honorary Officer in Art and Culture" by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, with the motivation for her high contribution in the field of culture and Albanian-French cooperation.

Evis Sala – Minister of Health and Social Welfare

New name in the Rama government.

Evis Sala drejton Qendrën për Imazheri Diagnostike dhe Radioterapi Onkologjike në Poliklinikën “Gemelli” dhe është pedagoge në institucionet e arsimit të lartë, ku kontribuon me përvojën e saj akademike dhe kërkimore për formimin e brezit të ri të profesionistëve të shëndetit.

Prof. Sala ka një karrierë të gjatë akademike dhe kërkimore në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar, ku për shumë vite ka qenë pjesë e Universitetit të Kembrixhit dhe ka bashkëdrejtuar Programin e Avancuar të Imazhimit të Kancerit dhe Programin e Integruar të Mjekësisë së Kancerit në Qendrën e Kërkimit të Kancerit në Kembrixh.

Delina Ibrahimaj – ministre e Ekonomisë dhe Inovacionit

Ibrahimaj ka lindur në Tiranë, më 23 dhjetor 1983. Që prej muajit shtator 2023, ajo ka mbajtur postin e Ministres së Shtetit për Sipërmarrjen dhe Klimën e Biznesit.

Përpara kësaj detyre, Ibrahimaj ka shërbyer si Ministre e Financave dhe Ekonomisë.

Nga viti 2019 e në vijim ka kryer detyrën e Drejtorit të Përgjithshëm të Tatimeve, në 2016-2019 ka ushtruar funksionin e Drejtorit të Përgjithshëm të Institutit të Statistikave dhe në 2015-2016 koordinator për Çështjet Financiare dhe Ekonomike, anëtare e sallës operacionale në Kryeministri.

Besfort Lamallari – ministër i Drejtësisë

Besfort Lamallari ka lindur më 18 korrik 1987, në Peshkopi, Dibër. Ai mbajti postin e Zëvendësministrit të Brendshëm që nga 9 Tetori 2017. Lamallari ka përfunduar studimet universitare për Drejtësi në Universitetin e Tiranës, në vitin 2009. Në 2013 është diplomuar në Universitetin e Oksfordit në programin Master shkencor për Kriminologji dhe Drejtësi Penale.

Më herët ka ndjekur studimet pasuniversitare në Itali LL.M “Bashkëpunimi Ndërkombëtar kundër Krimit të Organizuar Transnacional”. Ai është trajnuar nga Këshilli Gjerman për Marrëdhënie me Jashtë (DGAP), si dhe Akademia e Studimeve Politike – Program i Këshillit të Europës. Z. Lamallari vjen nga një eksperiencë intensive kërkimore shkencore, nga e cila spikat roli i tij si hulumtues i pavarur dhe autor i një sërë studimesh në fushën e krimit të organizuar, radikalizmit dhe terrorizmit.

Pirro Vengu – ministër i Mbrojtjes

Rikonfirmim në detyrë për Vengun. Ai ka lindur më 24 Prill 1986, në Elbasan. Prej korrikut 2024, ai ka mbajtur postin e Ministrit të Mbrojtjes.

Nga viti 2019 e në vijim (2024), Vengu ka mbajtur detyrën e Drejtorit të Përgjithshëm Ekzekutiv të Autoritetit Portual Durrës. Në periudhën 2017 deri në 2019, ai ka ushtruar funksionin e Drejtorit të Antikorrupsionit, në Kryeministri.

Ndërsa nga viti 2013 deri në 2017, ka qenë shefi i kabinetit në Ministrinë e Jashtme. Më herët, gjatë viteve 2010 – 2013, Vengu ka mbajtur rolin e Koordinatorit të Programeve Kërkimore, European Council on Foreign Relations (Paris, Francë).

Andis Salla – ministër i Bujqësisë dhe Zhvillimit Rural

Një vend në qeverinë Rama për kryetarin aktual të Bashkisë së Cërrikut.

Ai ka kryer studimet e larta për drejtësi në Fakultetin e Drejtësisë në Universitetin e Tiranës.

He qualified as a lawyer at the National Bar Association in 2014 and has a range of work experiences as a lawyer and later as Director of the Penitentiary Institution in Elbasan.

Ervin Demo – Minister of State for Local Government

He left the municipality of Berat to become a deputy. Now he will also be a minister. Demo was born in Berat, in 1982. Since June 2019, he has held the position of Mayor of Berat.

In 2017, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, a position he held until the end of 2018. During the years 2012-2016, he was Vice-Rector of the University of Tirana.

Ervin Demo has a long career in higher education institutions in our country. Since 2004, he has been a full-time lecturer at the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana.

Majlinda Dhuka – Minister of State and Chief Negotiator of Albania

Reconfirmation in office for him.

Dhuka has held several leadership positions as a civil servant in directorates and departments such as legislation; development and strategic planning in the Municipality of Tirana, as well as in development cooperation and foreign aid; development programming - strategic planning; good governance and public policy, in the Prime Minister's Office. Dhuka has also played the role of Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Ministers.

Adea Pirdeni – Minister of State for Anti-Corruption

Pirdeni was born in Tirana on October 1, 1983 and has held the position of Minister of State for Public Administration and Anti-Corruption since January 16, 2024.

Since September 2020, she has served as Deputy Minister of Justice and negotiator as part of the Negotiating Group for the Accession of the Republic of Albania to the EU for Chapter 23 "Judiciary & Fundamental Rights".

In her capacity as Deputy Minister, Pirdeni has covered strategic framework issues in the field of justice and anti-corruption.

Toni Gogu – Minister for Parliamentary Relations

Toni Gogu is a lawyer and previously held the position of Deputy Minister of Justice and in the 10th legislature of the Parliament of Albania as a deputy for the Tirana district.

Gogu has extensive experience in public administration and in drafting legal policies related to transparency, conflict of interest and good governance. With a background in law and extensive experience in legal and institutional matters, he has been engaged in several reform processes aimed at strengthening the integrity of public functions.

Diella – the public procurement servant.

The first non-physically present member created by Artificial Intelligence, in the governing processes, a mandate to influence the pace of the governing processes.

 


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