Edi Rama

His Excellency
Edi Rama
His Excellency Edi Rama
	Rama in 2024
33rd Prime Minister of Albania
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 September 2013
President	Bujar Nishani; Ilir Meta; Bajram Begaj
Deputy	See list Niko Peleshi; Ledina Mandia; Senida Mesi; Erion Braçe; Arben Ahmetaj; Belinda Balluku;
Preceded by	Sali Berisha
Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 October 2005
Preceded by	Fatos Nano
Preceded by
Other political offices
Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
	In office; 1 January 2020 – 1 January 2021
Preceded by	Miroslav Lajčák
Succeeded by	Ann Linde
40th Mayor of Tirana
	In office; 11 October 2000 – 25 July 2011
Preceded by	Albert Brojka
Succeeded by	Lulzim Basha
40th Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 21 January 2019 – 31 December 2020 Serving with Gent Cakaj
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ditmir Bushati
Succeeded by	Olta Xhaçka
22nd Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports
	In office; 2 October 1998 – 26 October 2000
Prime Minister	Pandeli Majko; Ilir Meta
Preceded by	Arta Dade
Succeeded by	Esmeralda Uruçi
Personal details
Born	Edvin Kristaq Rama; 4 July 1964 (age 60); Tirana, PR Albania
Political party	Socialist
Spouses	; Matilda Makoçi (m. 1986; div. 1991) ; Linda Basha (m. 2010)
Children	Greg Rama; Zaho Rama;
Parents	Kristaq Rama (father); Aneta Koleka (mother);
Alma mater	Academy of Arts
Signature
Website	ps.al/familja-jone kryeministria
	Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
High school	Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum
College	Tirana University of Arts
Career history
0000	Dinamo Tirana
0000	Albania national team

Edi Rama (born Edvin Kristaq Rama; 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician and painter who has been serving as the 33rd and incumbent prime minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 1998 to 2000. First elected mayor of Tirana in 2000, he was reelected in 2003 and 2007.

The coalition of centre-left parties led by Rama in the 2013 Albanian parliamentary election defeated the incumbent centre-right coalition led by Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party of Albania. Rama was appointed prime minister for a second term following the 2017 Albanian parliamentary election. Rama then won a third term following the 2021 Albanian parliamentary election in which he defeated the Democratic Party candidate Lulzim Basha for the second time in a row.

Rama is the only Albanian prime minister in history to have won three terms in a row. His party has won all six elections since 2013—three parliamentary ones and three local ones. Under his decade of tenure, Albania has seen economic growth but also democratic backsliding, with various sources describing his rule as autocratic. Albania has also continued to suffer from emigration.^[1]

Rama was one of the initiators of Open Balkan, an economic zone of the Western Balkan countries intended to guarantee the "Four Freedoms".

^ Mayr, Walter (20 September 2024). "A Blind Eye?: Albanian Leader Rama a Darling of Europe Despite Corruption Back Home". Der Spiegel. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

[Mayr-1] Mayr, Walter (20 September 2024). "A Blind Eye?: Albanian Leader Rama a Darling of Europe Despite Corruption Back Home". Der Spiegel. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

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