Pandeli Majko
| Pandeli Majko | |
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| 30th and 32nd Prime Minister of Albania | |
| In office 22 February 2002 – 31 July 2002 |
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| President | Rexhep Meidani Alfred Moisiu |
| Preceded by | Ilir Meta |
| Succeeded by | Fatos Nano |
| In office 2 October 1998 – 29 October 1999 |
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| President | Rexhep Meidani |
| Preceded by | Fatos Nano |
| Succeeded by | Ilir Meta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1967 Tirana, Albania |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Enkelejda Majko |
| Alma mater | University of Tirana |
Pandeli Majko (born November 15, 1967 in Tirana) was Prime Minister of Albania from 1998 to 1999 and for a short time in 2002.[1]
He graduated at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and later in Law.
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MP of the Socialist Party (1992)
During 1992-1995 Majko was President of the Euro-Socialist Youth Forum of Albania, FRESSH, member of the Socialist Youth International.
In 1992 he entered the Albanian Parliament as MP for the Socialist Party. In 1997-2001 he took part in the parliamentary committee charged with the task of drafting the new Constitution of Albania. In 1997-1998 Majko was secretary general of the Socialist Party and head of its parliamentary group.
Prime Minister (1998-1999, 2002) and Defence Minister (2002-2005)
From September 1998 to October 1999 Majko held his first government as prime minister of Albania. He was the youngest Prime Minister of Albania, appointed when he was 30 years old in 1998 for the first time.[2]
After the government of Ilir Meta, he briefly came back to premiership from February to July 2002. He subsequently held the post of Minister of Defence from July 2002 to September 2005 in the government of Fatos Nano. Following the government's defeat in the 2005 elections, he returned to his former position as secretary general of the Socialist Party.
He is member of the General Council of the Transnational Radical Party.[3]
As the head of state, he is considered to have played a key role in the Kosovo war, by settling many refugee camps and officially helping the KLA cause.
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References
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Albania 1998–1999 |
Succeeded by Ilir Meta |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Albania 2002 |
Succeeded by Fatos Nano |
| Independent Albania (1912–14) | |
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| Principality of Albania (1914–25) | |
| Albanian Republic (1925–28) | |
| Albanian Kingdom (1928–39) | |
| Italian Occupation (1939–43) | |
| German Occupation (1943–44) | |
| Communist Albania (1944–91) | |
| Republic of Albania (since 1991) | |
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