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Edi Rama
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Person

Edi Rama

b. 1964

Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)

Born
4 Jul 1964 · Tirana
Part ofAlbania335 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 71 years
  1. 4 Jul 1964BornBorn in Tirana
  2. 2000 – 2011RoleMayor of Tirana
  3. 2004AwardWorld Mayor
  4. 2013RolePrime Minister of Albania
  5. 2015AwardHonorary citizen of Ulcinj
  6. 2017AwardCommander of the Legion of Honour
  7. 2019 – 2020RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
  8. 2019AwardCommander of the Order of Saint-Charles
  9. 2022AwardOrder of Minerva
  10. 2023AwardOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1964 – today).

  1. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  3. 1968Prague Spring
  4. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  5. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  6. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  7. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  9. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  10. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  11. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  12. 1985Schengen Agreement
  13. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  14. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  15. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  17. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  19. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  20. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  21. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  22. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  23. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  24. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  25. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  26. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  27. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  28. 20112011 Norway attacks
  29. 2011Libyan civil war
  30. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  31. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  32. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  34. 2015Paris Agreement
  35. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  36. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  37. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  38. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  39. 2023Gaza war
  40. 20242024 Summer Olympics

Biography

Edvin Kristaq "Edi" Rama (born 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, artist, writer, and former professional basketball player who has served as prime minister of Albania since 2013 and as chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 1998 to 2000 and the Mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011.

A coalition of centre-left parties led by Rama in the 2013 parliamentary election defeated the incumbent centre-right coalition led by Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party of Albania. Rama was appointed prime minister for additional terms following parliamentary elections in 2017, 2021, and 2025.

Rama is the only Albanian prime minister to have won four consecutive terms. During Rama's 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 increased emigration.

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

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