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Albania

Albania

StaleSovereign state

Albania

Primary executive

Complete
Edi Rama
OriginalAudiovisual Service · Eriona Çami - European Commission · CC BY · Original

Edi Rama

Head of government Active

Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania · Principal · De jure

Head of state

Bajram Begaj
OriginalAzerbaijani, Albanian presidents made press statements · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY · Original

Bajram Begaj

Head of state Active

President of the Republic of Albania · Principal

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026

Latest election

Completed

2025 Albanian parliamentary election

May 11, 2025 · Parliamentary election

Electoral system
The 140 members are elected for four years through proportional representation in multi-member constituencies.
Published result
PS · 53.3% · 83 Seats; PD–ASHM · 32.9% · 50 Seats; PSD · 3.1% · 3 Seats; Mundësia · 3.1% · 2 Seats; Nisma SHB · 4.0% · 1 Seats; LB · 1.5% · 1 Seats; KEA · 1.3% · 0 Seats
Central Election Commission - Report on the 2025 parliamentary election

Latest election

Completed

2022 election of the President of Albania

Jun 4, 2022 · Indirect executive election

Electoral system
Parliament elects the President. Bajram Begaj was the sole candidate in the decisive round and was elected to a five-year term.
Published result
Bajram Begaj
President of Albania - Constitutional functions, election and mandate

Current policy issues

  1. 1European Union accession by 2030Prime Minister’s Office - Government political programme presented to Parliament
  2. 2Justice, rule of law and anti-corruptionPrime Minister’s Office - Government political programme presented to Parliament
  3. 3Economic growth, wages and pensionsPrime Minister’s Office - Government political programme presented to Parliament
  4. 4Digital and AI-enabled public administrationPrime Minister’s Office - Government political programme presented to Parliament
  5. 5Infrastructure, tourism and environmental protectionPrime Minister’s Office - Government political programme presented to Parliament

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
111
Active in source
8
Historical in source
24
parties shown
100
More parties (88)

Elections

Partial

2013 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 23, 2013

Completed

2012 Albanian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

May 30, 2012

Completed

2009 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 28, 2009

Completed

2001 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 24, 2001

Completed

1997 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 29, 1997

Completed

1996 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 26, 1996

Completed

1992 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 22, 1992

Completed

1991 Albanian Constitutional Assembly election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 31, 1991

Completed

1950 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 28, 1950

Completed

1945 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Dec 2, 1945

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

11

  1. 1Official institutions of Albania - manual editorial v20citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2President of Albania - Biography of Bajram Begajcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3President of Albania - Constitutional functions, election and mandatecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Prime Minister’s Office - Edi Ramacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Prime Minister’s Office - Swearing-in of the fourth Rama Governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Central Election Commission - Report on the 2025 parliamentary electioncitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Parliament of Albania - Role and structure of Parliamentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8Prime Minister’s Office - Government political programme presented to Parliamentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  9. 9WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  10. 10Wikimedia CommonsPER-FILE · Aug 9, 2026
  11. 11Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Southern Europe

Greece. Primary executive: Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Head of state: Konstantinos Tasoulas. PartialAlbania. Primary executive: Edi Rama. Head of state: Bajram Begaj. StaleCroatia. Primary executive: Andrej Plenković. Head of state: Zoran Milanović. ConflictingPortugal. Primary executive: Luís Montenegro. Head of state: António José Seguro. PartialSpain. Primary executive: Pedro Sánchez. Head of state: Felipe VI of Spain. PartialItaly. Primary executive: Giorgia Meloni. Head of state: Sergio Mattarella. PartialSlovenia. Primary executive: Janez Janša. Head of state: Nataša Pirc Musar. PartialBosnia & Herzegovina. Primary executive: Denis Bećirović, Borjana Krišto, Željko Komšić, Željka Cvijanović. StaleNorth Macedonia. Primary executive: Hristijan Mickoski. Head of state: Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. PartialSerbia. Primary executive: Đuro Macut. Head of state: Aleksandar Vučić. PartialMontenegro. Primary executive: Milojko Spajić. Head of state: Jakov Milatović. Partial
AlbaniaPrimary executive: Edi RamaHead of state: Bajram BegajStale
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Listed without map geometry (5)

Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.