The Minister of State Innovation and Public Administration () was a ministerial post of the Albanian government responsible for innovation and information and communications technology that functioned from 2010 until 2017. The last minister serving was

Milena Harito Milena Harito (born 4 October 1966) is an Albanian politician and member of the Socialist Party of Albania. She is Minister of Innovation and Public Administration between September 2013 and September 2017. She currently represents Albania in th ...

of the

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. Harito is a French and Albanian citizen. She is an information and communications technology engineer and a has a Ph.D. degree from the Paris VI “Pierre et Marie Curie” University. Harito engaged in politics in 2012 after a carrier in the private sector in France in the telecommunications sector where she held different research and managerial positions from 1997 until 2012. In September 2013 she was appointed Minister of Innovation and Public Administration in Albania from the Prime Minister

Edi Rama Edi Rama (born Edvin Kristaq Rama, 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, painter, writer, former university lecturer, publicist and former basketball player, who has served as the 33rd and current Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairm ...

and she led major reforms focused in the European integration of Albania. During this mandate Albania transformed the merit-based recruitment system for civil servants and the management of public employees careers and trainings. A complete reform of the public services was achieved aiming to fight corruption and based in an ad hoc law on Public Services Delivery introducing customer care principles, standardization, simplification of procedures and digitalization of hundreds of public services. During her mandate an incentive framework for start-ups was created with the support of the Italian government She is currently advisor of the Prime Minister of Albania working in the creation of the Regional Economic Area of the six western Balkans countries. Harito was awarded “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite” with a 2017 decree of the French president Macron.

Officeholders (2010–2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Innovation And ICT Albania Innovation And ICT Ministries established in 2009 Innovation ministries