Events from the year 2020 in Albania.

Incumbents

Ilir Meta Ilir Rexhep Meta (; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian politician. He served as President of Albania from 24 July 2017 to 24 July 2022. Previously Meta served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and he was Speaker of the Parliament of Albania f ...

* Prime Minister: Edi Rama * Deputy Prime Minister: Erion Braçe

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Albania

March

*March 8 – The first two cases of COVID-19 in the country were confirmed, one of whom had traveled to Florence. *March 10 **President

calls for retired Albanian doctors to re-enter the work force. **It was discovered that a woman from Maryland contracted COVID-19 after visiting Albania and spending time in a Turkish airport. *March 11 – The first COVID-19 death in the country was reported: an elderly woman in Durrës.

May

* 17 May – The National Theatre in Tirana was demolished after a two-year debate to conserve and protect it.

December

*December 8 – The

Albanian police The Albanian State Police ( sq, Policia e Shtetit) is the national police and law enforcement agency which operates throughout the Republic of Albania. The collapse of the Communist system and the establishment of political pluralism post-1991 ...

's killing of 25-year-old Klodjan Rasha, who had violated the country's COVID-19 nightly curfew, resulted in several nights of violent rioting in Tirana. *December 29 – Albania's prime minister Edi Rama replaces foreign minister Gent Cakaj, who had resigned, with former defense minister Olta Xhaçka. Xhaçka's defense ministry seat is filled by Niko Peleshi. The prime minister gave no reason for the government reshuffle.

Deaths

February

*February 7 –

Nexhmije Pagarusha Nexhmije Pagarusha (; 7 May 1933 – 7 February 2020) was a Kosovo-Albanian singer and actress, often referred to as the queen of Kosovan music. Pagarusha gained acclaim as a recording artist in Kosova and neighbouring countries for her distin ...

, singer and actress (b. 1933). *February 26 – Nexhmije Hoxha, politician (b. 1921). *February 29 –

Vito Kapo Vito Kapo ( Kondi, 11 September 1922 – 29 February 2020) was an Albanian politician who served as Minister of the Light Industry. She was the wife of Hysni Kapo, a member of the Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania, and a sister of the A ...

, politician (b. 1922).

References

External links

* {{Year in Europe, 2020 2020s in Albania Years of the 21st century in Albania Albania Albania