The Ministry of Industry and Mines () was a

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of the

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responsible for the proposal and execution of government policies on the country's

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

and the promotion and defence of

industrial property Industrial property is one of two subsets of intellectual property (the other being copyright), it takes a range of forms, including patents for inventions, industrial designs (aesthetic creations related to the appearance of industrial product ...

. Currently, the duties of this department are exercised by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy.

History

From the creation of the Albanian state in 1912, this department was included under the

Ministry of Economy A ministry of economy, ministry of commerce, ministry of economic affairs or department of commerce is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the economy or economic policy. List Examples of such mini ...

and did not enjoy any special importance because the Albanian industry at that time was very underdeveloped. However, it gained importance during the period of the second Albanian kingdom under

King Zog I Zog I ( sq, Naltmadhnija e tij Zogu I, Mbreti i Shqiptarëve, ; 8 October 18959 April 1961), born Ahmed Muhtar bey Zogolli, taking the name Ahmet Zogu in 1922, was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's ...

, when investments with foreign capital, especially Italian ones, began to increase in the oil industry. However, for the first time this department was established during the period of occupation of the country by fascist Italy, where under the

puppet government A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government, is a state that is ''de jure'' independent but ''de facto'' completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders.Compare: Puppet states have nominal sovere ...

Maliq Bushati Maliq Bey Bushati (8 February 189020 February 1946) was an Albanian public official and politician. After the Italian invasion of Albania he became an Interior Minister in the Vërlaci government and afterwards Prime Minister of Albania during t ...

the ''Ministry of Industry and Trade'' was established on 12 February 1943. Zef Shiroka was appointed ''Minister of State of Industry and Trade''.

Reorganization

Throughout history, the department has sometimes served as a separate ministry or as the main department, and sometimes as an integral part of a ministry with several departments. The last time the name of the department was included under the name of the relevant ministry was in the Nano's government (2002–2005) where it was part of the ''Ministry of Industry and Energy'' and its minister was Viktor Doda. Since then this department has been under the competence of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy. * Ministry of Industry and Trade (1943) * Ministry of Industry (1948–1953) * Ministry of Industry and Construction (1953–1954) * Ministry of Industry and Mining (1954–1959) * Ministry of Industry (1959–1966) * Ministry of Industry and Mining (1966–1991) * Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (1991) * Ministry of Mines and Energy Resources (1991) * Ministry of Industry (1991) * Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy Resources (1991–1993) * Ministry of Industry and Trade (1993–1994) * Ministry of Industry, Transport and Trade (1994–1997) * Ministry of Industry and Energy (2002–2005) * Ministry of Energy and Industry (2013–2017)

Officeholders (1943–2005)

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Industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

Ministries established in 1943

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1943 establishments in Albania