2009 in Albania
The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Republic of Albania.
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Incumbents
    
- President: Bamir Topi
 - Prime Minister: Sali Berisha (re-elected)
 - Deputy Prime Minister: Ilir Rusmali (until 10 September); Ilir Meta (from 10 September)
 
Events
    
    April
     
- 2 April - Albania officially joins NATO and formally applies for membership of the European Union.[1]
 
July
    
- Sali Berisha's centre-right Democratic Party wins parliamentary elections by a narrow margin.[1]
 
November
    
- Opposition Socialist Party begins series of demonstrations in Tirana in protest at alleged vote-rigging in the parliamentary election.[1]
 
Deaths
    
- 24 March - Ali Progri, Albanian engineer
 - 14 July - Kujtim Majaci, Albanian football player
 - 21 November - Teki Biçoku, Albanian geologist and former member and president of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
 
See also
    
- 2009 in Albanian television
 
References
    
- "Albania timeline: 2009 - A chronology of key events". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
 
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