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	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
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 Rama (1964-07-04) 4 July 1964 (age 59) Tirana, Albania
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouses	Matilda Makoçi ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1991)​ Linda Basha ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	Gregor Zaho
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

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Offices Minister of Culture (1998–2000) Mayor of Tirana (2000–2011) Opposition leader (2011–2013) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2019–2020) Premiership Incumbent 2013 Election 2017 Election 2021 Election 1st Cabinet 2nd Cabinet 3rd Cabinet Official trips
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Edi Rama (born Edvin Rama on 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, painter, writer, former university lecturer, publicist and former basketball player,^[1] who has served as the 33rd and incumbent Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1998, an office he held until 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. He 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. He was one of the initiators of Open Balkan, an economic zone of the Western Balkans countries intended to guarantee the "Four Freedoms".