The Political Academy of the Socialist Party of Albania or simply Political Academy ( sq, Akademia Politike e Partisë Socialiste; short: AP) is the first academy of modern left-wing leadership in

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. It is an academy established by 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 ...

and the contribution of the

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. The academy holds its lectures in

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, near

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Staff and lecturers

Political Academy staff consists of professors and professionals. Lecturers are politicians, parliamentarians, leaders, diplomats, university professors and analysts, scholars and journalists. Some of the lecturers of Political Academy are:Programi dhe lektorët (in Albanian)
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Alfred Moisiu Alfred Spiro Moisiu (; born 1 December 1929) is a former Albanian military general, diplomat and politician. He was the President of Albania from 2002 to 2007. He is the oldest son of Albanian Army general, Spiro Moisiu. Early life, education an ...

, was the fourth

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of the Republic of

* Servet Pëllumbi, was

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of the

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* Namik Dokle, was

of the

Arben Malaj Arben Malaj (born 19 September 1961 in the city of Vlora, Albania) has been Minister of Finance and Economy in the Republic of Albania different times from 1997 until 2005. He is known for transforming the Albanian economy into a European profil ...

, Minister of Finance and Economy of Albania 1997 - 2005 *

Paskal Milo Paskal Milo (born 22 February 1949) is an Albanian historian, politician, and leader of the Social Democracy Party of Albania. He has also been a member of the Albanian Parliament since 1992, and a professor of Albanian and Foreign literature. Mi ...

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historian, politician, and leader of the

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, former Governor of the

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* Pëllumb Xhufi, historian and former Vice Chairman of

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, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, now Member of the

to the

Ermelinda Meksi Ermelinda Meksi is an Albanian politician, who held different positions in the Cabinet of Albania during the years 1997 to 2005. She is the first woman to be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, the highest office held by a woman at the time in ...

, former Member of the

to the

, now member of the executive board of the

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, Member of the

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Gramoz Ruçi Gramoz Ruçi (born 6 December 1951) is an Albanian politician, serving as the head of the parliamentarian group of the ruling Socialist Party of Albania until 2017. In September 2017, he assumed the office of the Chairman of the Parliament of A ...

, Chairman of the parliamentary group of

* Valentina Leskaj, Member of the

to the

* Preç Zogaj, former Member of the

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to the

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, Member of the

to the

* Fatmir Xhafaj, Member of the

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, Member of the

to the

Taulant Balla Taulant Balla (born 12 August 1977) is an Albanians, Albanian Socialist Party of Albania, Socialist Party politician and Parliament of Albania, Member of Parliament (MP) for Elbasan County, Librazhd. He was first elected MP in the 2005 Albanian p ...

, Member of the

to the

* Et'hem Ruka, Member of the

to the

and former Minister of Environment *

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, Member of the

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and former Minister of State, Local Government and Decentralization of Albania *

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, Member of the

to the

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, former Minister of Interior of Albania * Lisien Bashkurti, former Albanian Ambassador to Hungary, Deputy Chairman of the

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* Henri Çili, creator of

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* Ilir Zela, creator of FRESH * Musa Ulqini, former Member of the

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* Lorenc Vangjeli, journalist * Luan Omari, jurist * Maqo Lakrori * Përparim Kabo * Adriana Berberi * Majlinda Dhuka *

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* Elteva Bisha * Genci Gjonçaj

AP Program

The knowledge acquired will enable students: * to be involved directly in decision-making processes and political functioning of the Socialist Party and the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group; * To understand Albania's problems in the political, economic and social; * Put into practice their knowledge by proposing solutions to problems; * Suggest ways to accelerate the pace of development; * Engage in political processes of decision making in local and national level.

Activities

The method of teaching includes discourse, dialogue and interactive learning, debate, group work, case studies, role plays, presentations, and incentives.

References

External links

Akademia Politikie (in Albanian)
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Staff and lecturers

AP Program

Activities

See also

References

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