Vangjel Tavo (, 17 December 1969) is an Albanian politician (member of Greek minority), member of the

Assembly of the Republic of Albania The Parliament of Albania ( sq, Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) or Kuvendi is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Albania; it is Albania's legislature. The Parliament is composed of no less than 140 members elected to a ...

for the

Socialist Movement for Integration The Freedom Party ( sq, Partia e Lirisë, PL), formerly known as the Socialist Movement for Integration (, LSI), is a social democratic political party in Albania. The party was formed on 6 September 2004, when Ilir Meta defected from the Sociali ...

He served as the Minister of Health from 2012 to 2013, replacing Petrit Vasili. Tavo was first in 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 ...

but left for joining the

. Tavo was born in a countryside near Gjirokastra, on 17 December 1969. He had a very good school career and finished with almost perfect marks for medicine and then on he has a specialisation for Gynaecology. His political career started in 1996 when he, representing the Socialist Party of Albania, won the elections in Gjirokastra for the first time for his Party for after a very long time. But because a problem in the country he only entered the parliament in 1997. After that, until 2010, he was an MP of Albania being part of the Socialist Party. In this year he changed his Party and joined LSI which is another political party. Sometime later he became the Vice Speaker of the House. He replaced Petrit Vasili and became the Minister of Health for a short period of time.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tavo, Vangjel 1969 births Living people Socialist Movement for Integration politicians Members of the Parliament of Albania People from Gjirokastër Albanian physicians 21st-century Albanian politicians Government ministers of Albania Health ministers of Albania Albanian people of Greek descent