Edi Rama
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Shoku Edi Rama |
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| 33rd Prime Minister of Albania | |
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Assumed office 15 September 2013 |
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| President | Bujar Nishani |
| Deputy | Niko Peleshi |
| Preceded by | Sali Berisha |
| 2nd Chairman of the Socialist Party | |
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Assumed office 10 October 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Fatos Nano |
| 40th Mayor of Tirana | |
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In office 11 October 2000 – 25 July 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Brojka |
| Succeeded by | Lulzim Basha |
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4 July 1964 Tirana, Albania |
| Political party | Socialist Party, Former PPSH Member (Partia e Punes se Shqiperise |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda Makoçi (Divorced) Delina Fico (Divorced) Rudina Magjistari (Divorced) Linda Rama (2010–present, not yet divorced) |
| Children | Gregor Rama Zaho Rama |
| Alma mater | University of Arts of Albania |
| Religion | baptised Catholic, agnostic |
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| Website | Official website |
Edi Kristaq Rama (formerly: Edvin; born 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, artist, writer, and the current Prime Minister of Albania since 2013. He has also been leader of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. Rama served in the government as Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports from 1998 to 2000, and he was Mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011. He led a coalition of socialist and left-wing parties that won the June 2013 parliamentary election, defeating the conservative bloc of Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
Rama was born in Tirana to Kristaq Rama, a sculptor and native of Durrës, and Aneta Rama (née Koleka), a graduate in medicine from Vuno. Kristaq Rama was member of the Presidium. Edi Rama is a relative of late communist politician Spiro Koleka through his mother.
Rama himself was baptized Catholic, not Orthodox, but he has stated that “I do not practice any faith other than to the self and other people, but I don’t believe that the existence or non-existence of God is a matter that can ever be resolved by mortals.”
As a teenager, Rama became involved in sports by becoming a player of Dinamo, a leading basketball team, and also played for the Albania national basketball team.
Following the collapse of communism in Albania, he became involved with the first democratic movements. He entered the student movement but soon left after a quarrel over ideological matters. Meanwhile, while a professor at the Academy of Arts of Albania, Rama published a book with various notes together with publicist Ardian Klosi entitled Refleksione.
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