Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania

4 July 1964 Tirana, Albania

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Incumbent

Prime Minister of Albania Edi RamaPrime Minister of AlbaniaIncumbentAssumed office 13 September 2013PresidentBujar Nishani Ilir MetaDeputyNiko Peleshi Ledina Mandia Senida Mesi Erion BraçePreceded by Sali BerishaChairman of the Socialist Party of AlbaniaIncumbentAssumed office 10 October 2005Preceded by Fatos NanoChair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeIn office 1 January 2020 – 1 January 2021Preceded by Miroslav LajčákSucceeded by Ann LindeMinister of Foreign AffairsIn office 21 January 2019 – 31 December 2020Preceded by Ditmir BushatiSucceeded by Olta Xhaçka40th Mayor of TiranaIn office 11 October 2000 – 25 July 2011Prime Minister Pandeli Majko Ilir MetaPreceded by Albert BrojkaSucceeded by Lulzim BashaMinister of Culture, Youth and SportsIn office 2 October 1998 – 26 October 2000Preceded by Arta DadeSucceeded by Esmeralda Uruçi Personal detailsBorn (1964-07-04 ) 4 July 1964 (age 57) Tirana, AlbaniaPolitical partySocialist Party of AlbaniaSpouse(s)Matilda Makoçi ​ ​(m. 1986; div. 1991)​ Linda Basha ​(m. 2010)​ChildrenGregorZahoFatherKristaq RamaAlma materAcademy of ArtsSignatureWebsiteedirama.al Edvin RamaCareer informationHigh schoolJordan Misja Artistic LyceumCollegeTirana University of ArtsCareer historyDinamo TiranaAlbania national basketball team Edi Rama (born Edvin Kristaq Rama, 4 July 1964), is an Albanian politician, painter, writer, publicist, former pedagogue and former basketball player who has served as the 33rd and current Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. Prior to his tenure as Prime Minister, Rama held a number of positions. 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 parliamentary election defeated the centre-right coalition around the Democratic Party of Albania of incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Rama was appointed Prime Minister for a second term following the 2017 election. Rama won a third mandate following the 2021 parliamentary election in which he beat the Democratic Party of Albania candidate, Lulzim Basha, for the second time in a row. He is the only Albanian Prime Minister in history to have won three parliamentary elections in a row. His party has won all five Albanian elections since 2013 (including two local elections). He was one of the initiators of Open Balkan, an economic zone of the Western Balkans countries intended to guarantee "four freedoms".