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Ministry Of Infrastructure And Energy (Albania)
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy ( sq, Ministria e Infrastrukturës dhe Energjisë) is a department of the Albanian Government, responsible for national climate policy and international cooperation on climate change, as well as energy issues, meteorology and national geological surveys, electricity, water, wastewater services and industry in Albania. Subordinate institutions * National Agency of Natural Resources * Albanian Geological Survey * Initiative for transparency in the extractive industry * Technical and Industrial State Inspectorate * National Nuclear Agency * National Authority for Safety and Emergencies in Mines * National Agency of Territorial Planning * Central Technical Construction Archive * Agency for Energy Efficiency * Chemical Collection and Treatment Center * Albanian Road Authority * National Entity for the Investigation of Air Accidents/Incidents in Civil Aviation * General Maritime Directorate * Transport Institute * General Directorate of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Albania
Albania is a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary Republic, constitutional republic, where the President of Albania is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Albania the head of government in a multi-party system. The executive power is exercised by the Government of Albania, Government and the Prime Minister with its Cabinet of Albania, Cabinet. Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Albania. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The political system of Albania is laid out in the Constitution of Albania, 1998 constitution. The Parliament adopted the current Constitution of Albania, constitution on 28 November 1998. Historically Albania has had many constitutions. Initially constituted as a Principality of Albania, monarchy in 1913, Albania became briefly a Albanian Republic, republic in 1925, and then a Albanian Kingdom (1928–39), democratic monarchy in 1928. In 1939 Albania was invaded by World War II in Albania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eshref Frashëri
Eshref Effendy Frasheri (October 15, 1874 – October 17, 1938), also referred to as Eshtref Bey Frashëri, was an Albanian politician. He served as co- Chairman of the National Council of Albania from 1921 until 1923 and Deputy Chairman 1932-1938. Life Born in Korçë, in southern Albania, he studied Construction Engineering in Istanbul and in 1914 became member of the Albanian patriotic club there. Frashëri became member of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo. The Committee of Kosovo sent its delegates to the Congress of Lushnje of 1920. Frashëri together with Hysni Curri (who could not make it) and Xhemal Prishtina were elected to represent the Committee, the Prefecture of Kosovo ( Has-Tropojë-Luma), and the Irredentist Kosovo. Frashëri had been one of the initiators of the call for the national congress since early January 1920. He also served as one of the directors during the Congress, and was one of the political figures that dominated it together with Aq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol Olldashi
Sokol Olldashi (17 December 1972 – 20 November 2013) was an Albanian politician. A member of the Democratic Party of Albania, he was the Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Telecommunications in the cabinet of Sali Berisha. After the conclusion of the defeat in the parliamentary elections of 23 June 2013, Sokol Olldashi ran for the office of the chairman of the Democratic Party, after the resignation of its leader Sali Berisha. He lost the elections for party leadership to incumbent leader of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha Lulzim Basha (; born 12 June 1974) is an Albanian politician who served as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, the main opposition party, from 2013 to March 21, 2022 when he stepped down from the leadership of the party. Basha was .... He died on 20 November 2013 in a car accident in the outskirts of Tirana. References External linksBiographical datafrom the Albanian government (in Albanian) 1972 births 2013 deaths De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulzim Basha
Lulzim Basha (; born 12 June 1974) is an Albanian politician who served as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, the main opposition party, from 2013 to March 21, 2022 when he stepped down from the leadership of the party. Basha was elected as chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania in September 2013 following the Democratic Party's electoral loss which sent them in the opposition. In 2021, he became the first opposition leader in Albanian history to lose two general elections in a row, although Basha claimed the losses came as a result of significant electoral interference by the ruling Socialist Party. With over 8 years at the helm of the Democratic Party of Albania, Lulzim Basha is the second longest serving chairman of the party after Sali Berisha, who was in charge for a total of 16 years. Early life and education Lulzim Basha was born in Tirana on 12 June 1974 to a Kosovo-Albanian mother and an Albanian father. From his mother's side, he is respectively fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashkim Fino
Bashkim Fino (12 October 1962 – 29 March 2021) was an Albanian socialist politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of Albania from March to July 1997. Biography Fino studied economics in Tirana and the United States. After this, he worked as an economist in Gjirokastër, and in 1992 became its mayor. He was married and had two children. On 11 March 1997, Democratic Party President Sali Berisha appointed Fino, a member of the opposition Socialist Party of Albania, Prime Minister in order to lead a government of national unity. This came after rebellion broke out over the collapse of several pyramid schemes leading to the government losing control of much of the country. Fino was Prime Minister through the 1997 elections where his Socialist Party won a large majority before he stepped down and was succeeded by his party leader Fatos Nano. As of 2014, Fino was a Member of Parliament representing a constituency in the Korçë District. Fino was a lecturer at the Politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Brojka
Albert Brojka was an Albanian politician and mayor of Tirana from 1996 through 2000. He was the Minister for Industry, Trade and Transport in the 1992 government of Sali Berisha. He is a member of the Democratic Party.Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1995) ''The Statesman's Year-Book 1995-96 ''The Statesman's Yearbook'' is a one-volume reference book published annually since 1864 providing information on the countries of the world. It is published by Palgrave Macmillan. History In the middle of the nineteenth century, the British Pr ...''. 132nd edition. London: Macmillan. p. 66. References Year of birth missing (living people) Mayors of Tirana Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Albanian politicians {{Albania-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josif Pashko
Josif Pashko (May 25, 1918 - September 5, 1963) was an Albanian politician during the country's socialist period. Biography Josif Pashko was born into a peasant family in the village of Vodica, Kolonja. In 1938 he graduated from the Normal School at Elbasan and served as an elementary school teacher in that town from 1939 to 1942. Together with his father Pashko Vodica he joined the communist-led resistance to Italian occupation in 1942, becoming a political commissar of various brigades. After the war he was involved in the armed forces, security and judicial organs. From 1950 onwards he was a deputy in the People's Assembly. From 1954 until his death he was a government minister in charge of construction. During the war he joined the Communist Party of Albania (Party of Labour of Albania after 1948) and became a member of its Central Committee in 1952. His son Gramoz Pashko was an economist who co-founded the Democratic Party of Albania The Democratic Party of Albani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiro Koleka
Spiro Koleka (7 July 1908 – 22 August 2001) was an important Albanian statesman, communist politician and a high-ranking military officer during World War II. He was a civil engineer by profession. Spiro Koleka served as a parliament member in all legislatures from 1944 until 1990. Koleka was a member of the Politburo of the Party of Labor of Albania during the years 1948 to 1981. As part of his political career he also served as Chairman of the State Planning Commission, Minister of Industry and Construction of Albania, as well as Vice Prime Minister. Ethnicity According to British academics James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers, Koleka was born into an ethnic Greek family and was one of the few members of the Greek minority serving in the Socialist People's Republic of Albania political system. Spiro Koleka was a distant relative of Spiro Jorgo Koleka (1879 or 1880–1940), a leader of the Albanian national movement and later interwar government minister.Meta, Beqir (2008) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shefqet Vërlaci
Shefqet bey Vërlaci (; 15 December 1877, Elbasan, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 21 July 1946, Zürich, Switzerland), also known as Shevket Verlaci, was an Albanian politician and wealthy landowner. Biography In 1922, Vërlaci was the biggest landowner in Albania. He was the leader of the Progressive Party, the biggest conservative party in Albania, which firmly opposed any agrarian reform reducing the landowners' property. The Progressive Party included some North Albanian clan chiefs and prominent Muslim landowners as its members. He was elected a deputy for the first time in the elections of April 5, 1921. In late 1922, Ahmed Zogu became engaged to Vërlaci's daughter, winning his support and the position of Prime Minister. In early 1924, Zogu was forced to cede his position of Prime Minister to Vërlaci, because of a financial scandal and an attempt of assassination in which Zogu was injured. The date of Vërlaci taking the position of prime minister is 3 March 1924 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salih Bej Vuçitërni
Salih (; ar, صَالِحٌ, Ṣāliḥ, lit=Pious), also spelled Saleh (), is an Arab prophet mentioned in the Quran who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the story of the She-Camel of God, which was the gift given by God to the people of Thamud when they desired a miracle to confirm that Salih was truly a prophet. Historical context The Thamud were a tribal confederation in the northwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula, mentioned in Assyrian sources in the time of Sargon II. The tribe's name continues to appear in documents into the fourth century CE, but by the sixth century they were regarded as a group that had vanished long ago. According to the Quran, the city that Saleh was sent to was called ''Al-Hijr'', which corresponds to the Nabataean city of Hegra. The city rose to prominence around the first century AD as an important site in the regional caravan trade. Adjacent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazim Koculi
Qazim Koculi (August 22, 1887 – January 2, 1943) was an Albanian politician of the early 20th century and one-day acting Prime Minister of Albania. He was also the principal military commander of the Albanian forces during the Vlora War in 1920. He was honored by the president with the title "Kalorës i Urdhërit të Skënderbeut" in August 2020. Early life Qazim Koculi was born in 1887 in the village of Koculi, close to Vlorë (in the then Ottoman Empire, now modern Albania) to Muhamet Koçiu. With the help of Syrja bey Vlora, Koculi received his primary education in Vlorë and later moved to Ioannina, today's Greece to attend the well-known Zosimea Gymnasium. He accomplished his higher education at the Kara Harp Okulu Turkish Military Academy, graduating as a ''Teğmen'' ( Second Lieutenant). He was appointed to the Ottoman Navy as a ''Üsteğmen'' (First Lieutenant). He disobeyed a military order in 1909 during a naval battle in Preveza by refusing to surrender to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
