Delina Ibrahimaj (born 23 December 1983) is an Albanian politician serving as Minister of Finance and Economy in Prime Minister

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since September 2021.

Early life

Delina Ibrahimaj was born on 23 December 1983 in

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. She studied in Italy at the

University of Rome Tor Vergata Tor Vergata University of Rome, also known as the University of Rome II ( it, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"), is a public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the ...

and Luigi Bocconi University for

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

and Economic Management.

Political career

From 2005 to 2007, she was manager of the Albanian Distribution Association. In 2007–2010, she performed the duty of

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in Urban Distribution. In 2011–2015, she worked as an

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at the

Bank of Albania The Bank of Albania ( sq, Banka e Shqipërisë) is the central bank of Albania. Its main headquarters are in Tirana, and the bank also has five other branches located in Shkodër, Elbasan, Gjirokastër, Korçë, and Lushnjë, while its Research and ...

and served as Senior Financial Officer on the Board of Tirana Express. In 2016, she was member of the Statistics Council,

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, and in 2017 was a member of the Board of Directors of FED invest and a member of

Social Insurance Institute The Social Insurance Institute ( el, Ίδρυμα Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων, IKA) was the largest, state based, social security organization in Greece: its beneficiaries were 5,530,000 members of the Greek employed population and ...

. In 2019, Ibrahimaj served as Director General of

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. On 2 September 2021, she was appointed as Minister of Finance and Economy by the Prime Minister Edi Rama in new Cabinet Rama III after former

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Anila Denaj was suspended.

Other activities

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focus ...

(EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021) *

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021)Board of Governors

References

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