Pandeli Majko

Pandeli Majko
1st Minister of State for Diaspora
In office 13 September 2017 – 18 September 2021
Prime Minister	Edi Rama
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
30th Prime Minister of Albania
In office 22 February 2002 – 25 July 2002
President	Rexhep Meidani Alfred Moisiu
Preceded by	Ilir Meta
Succeeded by	Fatos Nano
In office 2 October 1998 – 29 October 1999
President	Rexhep Meidani
Preceded by	Fatos Nano
Succeeded by	Ilir Meta
Personal details
Born	(1967-11-15) 15 November 1967 Tirana, Albania
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse	Enkelejda Majko
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Tirana
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Pandeli Sotir Majko (born 15 November 1967) is an Albanian socialist politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of Albania; once from 1998 to 1999, and again in 2002.

Political career

Early career

Majko has been a member of the Euro-Socialist Youth Forum of Albania (FRESH) since its foundation in 1992. FRESH is itself a member of the International Union of Socialist Youth. From 1992 to 1995, Majko served as President of FRESH. Former Prime Minister Ilir Meta was also a member of FRESH. 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

First term (1998–1999)

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.

Second term (2002)

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.

Later career

In 2006, Majko came out in support of Montenegro's vote for independence from Serbia. He was quoted celebrating the reduction in Albania's shared border with Serbia.

He is member of the General Council of the Transnational Radical Party.

Personal life

Majko was born in Tirana, to a family originally from Gjirokastra.

On 8 February 2016, Majko in an interview confirmed that he has started the procedure to obtain a Kosovo passport, and after two months through a Facebook status he confirms that is officially a citizen of Kosovo.

See also

• List of Albanians
• Politics of Albania