List of heads of state of Albania
This is a list of heads of state of Albania who have served since the Declaration of Independence of 1912.
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Since the collapse of the communist regime in 1991, the head of state of Albania is the President of the Republic (Albanian: Presidenti i Republikës). The President is indirectly elected to a five-year term and is limited to a maximum of two terms, as specified by the Constitution. As in most parliamentary systems, the President is now by-and-large a ceremonial office, with the Prime Minister de facto heading the executive branch.[1]
Heads of State
Monarchs
No. | Portrait | Name | Reign | Royal House | |||
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Principality of Albania (1914–1925) | |||||||
1 | Wilhelm of Wied (1876–1945) |
7 March 1914 | 3 September 1914 | Wied-Neuwied | |||
5 months and 27 days | |||||||
Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939) | |||||||
2 | Zog I (1895–1961) |
1 September 1928 | 7 April 1939 | Zogu | |||
10 years, 7 months and 6 days | |||||||
Italian Protectorate (1939–1943) | |||||||
3 | Vittorio Emanuele III (1869–1947) |
16 April 1939 | 8 September 1943 | Savoy | |||
4 years, 4 months and 23 days | |||||||
Chairmen of the Presidium
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Party | |||
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People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1944–1991) | |||||||
1 | Omer Nishani (1887–1954) |
26 May 1944 | 31 July 1953 | Communist Party renamed in 1948 to Party of Labour | |||
9 years, 2 months and 5 days | |||||||
2 | Haxhi Lleshi (1913–1998) |
1 August 1953 | 21 November 1982 | Party of Labour | |||
29 years, 3 months and 20 days | |||||||
3 | Ramiz Alia (1925–2011) |
22 November 1982 | 3 April 1992 | Party of Labour | |||
9 years, 4 months and 12 days | |||||||
First Secretaries
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Party | |||
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People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1944–1991) | |||||||
1 | Enver Hoxha (1908–1985) |
20 October 1944 | 11 April 1985 | Communist Party renamed in 1948 to Party of Labour | |||
40 years, 5 months and 22 days | |||||||
2 | Ramiz Alia (1925–2011) |
13 April 1985 | 4 May 1991 | Party of Labour | |||
6 years and 21 days | |||||||
Presidents
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Nominated by | |||
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Albanian Republic (1925–1928) | |||||||
1 | Ahmet Zogu (1895–1961) |
1 February 1925 | 1 September 1928 | Conservative Party | |||
3 years and 7 months | |||||||
Republic of Albania (1991–present) | |||||||
2 | Ramiz Alia (1924–2011) |
30 April 1991 | 3 April 1992 | Party of Labour | |||
11 months and 4 days | |||||||
3 | Sali Berisha (born 1944) |
9 April 1992 | 24 July 1997 | Democratic Party | |||
5 years, 3 months and 15 days | |||||||
4 | Rexhep Meidani (born 1944) |
24 July 1997 | 24 July 2002 | Socialist Party | |||
5 years | |||||||
5 | Alfred Moisiu (born 1929) |
24 July 2002 | 24 July 2007 | Consensual | |||
5 years | |||||||
6 | Bamir Topi (born 1957) |
24 July 2007 | 24 July 2012 | Democratic Party | |||
5 years | |||||||
7 | Bujar Nishani (born 1964) |
24 July 2012 | 24 July 2017 | Democratic Party | |||
5 years | |||||||
8 | Ilir Meta (born 1969) |
24 July 2017 | Incumbent (Term ends on 24 July 2022) |
Socialist Movement for Integration | |||
3 years, 6 months and 7 days | |||||||
Acting Heads of State
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Title | |||
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Albania (1912–1914) | |||||||
1 | Ismail Qemali (1844–1919) |
28 November 1912 | 22 January 1914 | Chairman of the Provisional Government | |||
1 year, 1 month and 25 days | |||||||
2 | Fejzi Alizoti (1874–1945) |
22 January 1914 | 7 March 1914 | Chairman of the Central Administration | |||
1 month and 13 days | |||||||
Republic of Central Albania (1913–1914) | |||||||
— | Esad Toptani (1863–1920) |
12 October 1913 | 12 February 1914 | Chairman of the Opposition Council of the Elders of Central Albania | |||
4 months | |||||||
Principality of Albania (1914–1925) | |||||||
— | Mustafa Ndroqi (????–????) |
23 September 1914 | 4 October 1914 | Chairman of the First General Council | |||
11 days | |||||||
3 | Esad Toptani (1863–1920) |
5 October 1914 | 24 February 1916 | Chairman of the Provisional Government | |||
1 year, 4 months and 19 days | |||||||
Austro-Hungarian Command (24 February 1916 – 28 December 1918) | |||||||
4 | Turhan Përmeti (1839–1927) |
28 December 1918 | 28 January 1920 | Chairman of the Provisional Government | |||
1 year and 1 month | |||||||
5 | Sulejman Delvina (1884–1933) |
28 January 1920 | 30 January 1920 | Acting Chairman of the Provisional Government | |||
2 days | |||||||
High Council of Regency (30 January 1920 – 31 January 1925) | |||||||
6 | Fan Noli (1882–1965) |
2 July 1924 | 24 December 1924 | Acted in place of the High Council | |||
5 months and 22 days | |||||||
Italian Protectorate (1939–1943) | |||||||
7 | Xhafer Ypi (1880–1940) |
9 April 1939 | 12 April 1939 | Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee | |||
3 days | |||||||
8 | Shefqet Vërlaci (1877–1946) |
12 April 1939 | 16 April 1939 | Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee | |||
4 days | |||||||
German Client State (1943–1944) | |||||||
9 | Ibrahim Biçaku (1905–1977) |
14 September 1943 | 20 October 1943 | Chairman of the Provisional Executive Committee | |||
1 month and 6 days | |||||||
10 | Mehdi Frashëri (1872–1963) |
20 October 1943 | 25 October 1944 | Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee | |||
1 year and 5 days | |||||||
Republic of Albania (1991–present) | |||||||
11 | Kastriot Islami (born 1952) |
3 April 1992 | 6 April 1992 | Speaker of the Parliament | |||
3 days | |||||||
12 | Pjetër Arbnori (1935–2006) |
6 April 1992 | 9 April 1992 | Speaker of the Parliament | |||
3 days | |||||||
13 | Skënder Gjinushi (born 1949) |
24 July 1997 | 24 July 1997 | Speaker of the Parliament | |||
0 days | |||||||
References
- "Albania Heads of State" (PDF).
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