Ilir Beqaj (born 18 February 1968) is an Albanian IT engineer and politician with the

Socialist Party of Albania The Socialist Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë, PS or PSSh) is a social-democratic political party in Albania. It has been described as centre-left, to left-wing. It was founded on 13 June 1991. The PS is an associate of t ...

, who served as the Minister of Health of Albania from 15 September 2013 to 12 March 2017.

Biography

He is married to Adriana Beqaj and has a daughter, Deborah. He holds a post-graduate degree in Enterprise Management at the French Management

Institute An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

at the

Polytechnic University of Tirana The Polytechnic University of Tirana (UPT) () is a public university located in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It offers degrees in engineering and related fields. History The Polytechnic University of Tirana is the oldest and the second larg ...

(1999–2000). He completed his university studies in information technology at the

University of Tirana The University of Tirana ( sq, Universiteti i Tiranës, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the ''State University of Tirana'' in 1957 through merging of ...

(1985–1990). He used to work 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 ...

as an information technology expert from 1990 to 1993 and as part of the Fiscal Information Unit from 1993 to 1994. For the period between 1994 and 2006, Beqaj held various functions within th
Social Insurance Institute
He was appointed Director General of the Institute from 2003 to 2006. Was elected as Member of the Assembly of Albania for Shkodra constituency in the 2009–2013 legislature. In the last 2013 parliamentary elections he was elected as Member of the Albanian Assembly for

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of ...

constituency. He is member of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

Assembly since 2007. From 2007 to 2011 he held the office of the assistant secretary of the programme of the Socialist Party. He is a member of the Party's chairmanship and Secretary of Programme at the Socialist Party since 2011. He is fluent in English, French and Italian.

External links

Official website of the Albanian Council of Ministers
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