List of heads of state of Albania

This is a list of heads of state of Albania who have served since the Declaration of Independence of 1912.

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Since the collapse of the communist regime in 1991, the head of state of Albania is the President of the Republic (Albanian: Presidenti i Republikës). The President is indirectly elected to a five-year term and is limited to a maximum of two terms, as specified by the Constitution. As in most parliamentary systems, the President is now by-and-large a ceremonial office, with the Prime Minister de facto heading the executive branch.[1]

Heads of State

Monarchs
No. Portrait Name Reign Royal House
Principality of Albania (1914–1925)
1st Wilhelm of Wied
(1876–1945)
 7 March 1914 3 September 1914 Wied-Neuwied
5 months and 27 days
Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)
2nd Zog I
(1895–1961)
 1 September 1928 7 April 1939 Zogu
10 years, 7 months and 6 days
Italian Protectorate (1939–1943)
3rd Vittorio Emanuele III
(1869–1947)
 16 April 1939 8 September 1943 Savoy
4 years, 4 months and 23 days

Chairmen of the Presidium
No. Portrait Name Term in office Party
People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1944–1991)
1st Omer Nishani
(1887–1954)
 26 May 1944 31 July 1953 Communist Party
renamed in 1948 to
Party of Labour
9 years, 2 months and 5 days
2nd Haxhi Lleshi
(1913–1998)
 1 August 1953 21 November 1982 Party of Labour
29 years, 3 months and 20 days
3rd Ramiz Alia
(1925–2011)
 22 November 1982 3 April 1992 Party of Labour
9 years, 4 months and 12 days

First Secretaries
No. Portrait Name Term in office Party
People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1944–1991)
1st Enver Hoxha
(1908–1985)
 20 October 1944 11 April 1985 Communist Party
renamed in 1948 to
Party of Labour
40 years, 5 months and 22 days
2nd Ramiz Alia
(1925–2011)
 13 April 1985 13 June 1991 Party of Labour
6 years and 21 days

Presidents
No. Portrait Name Term in office Nominated by
Albanian Republic (1925–1928)
1st Ahmet Zogu
(1895–1961)
 31 January 1925 1 September 1928 Conservative Party
3 years and 7 months
Republic of Albania (1991–present)
2nd Ramiz Alia
(1924–2011)
 30 April 1991 3 April 1992 Party of Labour
11 months and 4 days
3rd Sali Berisha
(born 1944)
 9 April 1992 24 July 1997 Democratic Party
5 years, 3 months and 15 days
4th
Rexhep Meidani
(born 1944)
 24 July 1997 24 July 2002 Socialist Party
5 years
5th Alfred Moisiu
(born 1929)
 24 July 2002 24 July 2007 Consensual
5 years
6th Bamir Topi
(born 1957)
 24 July 2007 24 July 2012 Democratic Party
5 years
7th Bujar Nishani
(born 1964)
 24 July 2012 24 July 2017 Democratic Party
5 years
8th Ilir Meta
(born 1969)
 24 July 2017 Incumbent
(Term ends on 24 July 2022)		 Socialist Movement for Integration
4 years, 9 months and 12 days

Acting Heads of State
No. Portrait Name Term in office Title
Albania (1912–1914)
1st Ismail Qemali
(1844–1919)
 28 November 1912 22 January 1914 Chairman of the Provisional Government
1 year, 1 month and 25 days
2nd Fejzi Alizoti
(1874–1945)
22 January 1914 7 March 1914 Chairman of the Central Administration
1 month and 13 days
Republic of Central Albania (1913–1914)
— Esad Toptani
(1863–1920)
 12 October 1913 12 February 1914 Chairman of the Opposition Council of the Elders of Central Albania
4 months
Principality of Albania (1914–1925)
— Mustafa Ndroqi
(????–????)		 23 September 1914 4 October 1914 Chairman of the First General Council
11 days
3rd Esad Toptani
(1863–1920)
 5 October 1914 24 February 1916 Chairman of the Provisional Government
1 year, 4 months and 19 days
Austro-Hungarian Command
(23 January 1916 – 30 October 1918)
4th Turhan Përmeti
(1839–1927)
 28 December 1918 28 January 1920 Chairman of the Provisional Government
1 year and 1 month
5th Sulejman Delvina
(1884–1933)
 28 January 1920 30 January 1920 Acting Chairman of the Provisional Government
2 days
High Council of Regency
(30 January 1920 – 31 January 1925)
6th Fan Noli
(1882–1965)
 2 July 1924 24 December 1924 Acted in place of the High Council
5 months and 22 days
Italian Protectorate (1939–1943)
7th Xhafer Ypi
(1880–1940)
 9 April 1939 12 April 1939 Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee
3 days
8th Shefqet Vërlaci
(1877–1946)
 12 April 1939 16 April 1939 Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee
4 days
German Client State (1943–1944)
9th Ibrahim Biçaku
(1905–1977)
 14 September 1943 20 October 1943 Chairman of the Provisional Executive Committee
1 month and 6 days
10th Mehdi Frashëri
(1872–1963)
 20 October 1943 25 October 1944 Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee
1 year and 5 days
Republic of Albania (1991–present)
11th Kastriot Islami
(born 1952)
 3 April 1992 6 April 1992 Speaker of the Parliament
3 days
12th Pjetër Arbnori
(1935–2006)
 6 April 1992 9 April 1992 Speaker of the Parliament
3 days
13th Skënder Gjinushi
(born 1949)
 24 July 1997 24 July 1997 Speaker of the Parliament
0 days

See also

References
  1. "Albania Heads of State" (PDF).
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