Speaker of the Parliament of Albania

Speaker of Parliament of Albania
Kryetar i Kuvendit të Shqipërisë
Incumbent Lindita Nikolla since 10 September 2021
Appointer	Parliament
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Xhemal Naipi
Formation	1920; 102 years ago (1920)
Website	www.parlament.al

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The Speaker of the Parliament of Albania (Albanian: Kryetar i Kuvendit) is the head of the Parliament whose term coincides with the term of the Parliament and they are elected by a vote during the opening session. If the President is temporarily absent or incapable of exercising his or her powers, the speaker takes over the functions of the office, as specified by the Constitution.^[1][2] Since the first multi-party elections held after the collapse of the Communist rule, there have been eight speakers of the Parliament. As of 10 September 2021, the Speaker of the Parliament is Lindita Nikolla.

List of speakers (1920–present)[]

Speakers of the Assembly
No.	Portrait	Name	Term in office		Party
1st		Xhemal Naipi (1887–1955)	29 March 1920	27 May 1920	Unaffiliated
			1 month and 28 days
2nd		Dhimitër Kacimbra (1875–1950)	25 September 1920	15 November 1920	Unaffiliated
			1 month and 21 days
3rd		Pandeli Evangjeli (1859–1949)	9 May 1921	16 July 1921	Unaffiliated
			2 months and 7 days
4th		Eshref Frashëri (1874–1938)	16 July 1921	30 September 1923	Unaffiliated
			2 months and 14 days
—		Eshref Frashëri (1874–1938)	21 January 1924	17 April 1924	Unaffiliated
			2 months and 27 days
5th		Petro Poga (1850–1944)	17 April 1924	2 March 1925	Unaffiliated
			9 months
—		Eshref Frashëri (1874–1938)	2 March 1925	24 September 1925	Unaffiliated
—		Pandeli Evangjeli (1859–1949)	24 September 1925	15 September 1926	Unaffiliated
			11 months and 22 days
6th		Kostaq Kotta (1889–1949)	1926	7 June 1928	Unaffiliated
—		Pandeli Evangjeli (1859–1949)	25 August 1928	5 March 1930	Unaffiliated
			1 year, 6 months and 8 days
—		Kostaq Kotta (1889–1949)	20 October 1930	10 February 1937	Unaffiliated
			6 years, 3 months and 21 days
—		Pandeli Evangjeli (1859–1949)	11 February 1937	12 April 1939	Unaffiliated
			2 years, 2 months and 1 day
7th		Terenc Toçi (1880–1945)	9 April 1940	23 November 1942	Unaffiliated
			2 years, 7 months and 14 days
8th		Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975)	23 November 1942	16 May 1943	Unaffiliated
			5 months and 23 days
9th		Fejzi Alizoti (1874–1938)	16 May 1943	4 August 1943	Unaffiliated
			2 months and 19 days
10th		Lef Nosi (1877–1946)	18 October 1943	25 October 1943	Unaffiliated
			7 days
11th		Idhomen Kosturi (1874–1938)	26 October 1943	5 November 1943	Unaffiliated
			10 days
12th		Mihal Zallari (1894–1976)	9 November 1943	14 September 1944	Unaffiliated
			10 months and 5 days
13th		Tuk Jakova (1914–1959)	10 January 1946	20 March 1946	Communist Party
			2 months and 10 days
14th		Ymer Dishnica (1912–1998)	25 March 1946	12 July 1947	Communist Party
			1 year, 3 months and 17 days
15th		Manush Myftiu (1919–1997)	12 July 1947	28 June 1950	Communist Party renamed in 1948 to Party of Labour
			2 years, 11 months and 16 days
16th		Teodor Heba (1914–2001)	28 June 1950	6 June 1951	Party of Labour
			11 months and 9 days
17th		Mihal Prifti (1918–1986)	6 June 1951	19 July 1954	Party of Labour
			3 years, 1 month and 13 days
18th		Gogo Nushi (1913–1970)	19 July 1954	14 November 1956	Party of Labour
			2 years, 3 months and 26 days
19th		Rita Marko (1920–2018)	14 November 1956	21 June 1958	Party of Labour
			1 year, 7 months and 7 days
20th		Medar Shtylla (1907–1963)	21 June 1958	20 December 1963	Party of Labour
			5 years, 5 months and 29 days
21th		Lefter Goga (1921–1997)	20 November 1964	10 September 1966	Party of Labour
			1 year, 9 months and 21 days
22nd		Abdyl Këllezi (1919–1977)	10 September 1966	13 January 1969	Party of Labour
			2 years, 4 months and 3 days
23rd		Behar Shtylla (1918–1994)	13 January 1969	20 November 1970	Party of Labour
			1 year, 10 months and 7 days
24th		Fadil Paçrami (1922–2008)	20 November 1970	25 September 1973	Party of Labour
			2 years, 10 months and 5 days
25th		Iliaz Reka (1924–1975)	25 September 1973	27 December 1975	Party of Labour
			2 years, 3 months and 2 days
26th		Ali Manaj (born 1937)	11 February 1976	25 December 1978	Party of Labour
			2 years, 10 months and 14 days
27th		Simon Stefani (1929–2000)	25 December 1978	22 November 1981	Party of Labour
			2 years, 10 months and 28 days
28th		Pali Miska (1931-2008)	22 November 1981	19 February 1987	Party of Labour
			5 years, 2 months and 28 days
29th		Petro Dode (born 1924)	19 February 1987	17 April 1990	Party of Labour
			3 years, 1 month and 29 days
30th		Kastriot Islami (born 1952)	18 April 1990	6 April 1992	Socialist Party
			1 year, 11 months and 19 days
31st		Pjetër Arbnori (1936–2006)	6 April 1992	24 July 1997	Democratic Party
			5 years, 3 months and 18 days
32nd		Skënder Gjinushi (born 1949)	24 July 1997	4 September 2001	Social Democratic Party
			4 years, 1 month and 11 days
33rd		Namik Dokle (born 1946)	4 September 2001	30 April 2002	Socialist Party
			7 months and 26 days
34th		Servet Pëllumbi (born 1936)	30 April 2002	3 September 2005	Socialist Party
			3 years, 4 months and 4 days
35th		Jozefina Topalli (born 1963)	3 September 2005	10 September 2013	Democratic Party
			8 years and 7 days
36th		Ilir Meta (born 1969)	10 September 2013	24 July 2017	Socialist Movement for Integration
			3 years, 10 months and 14 days
37th		Gramoz Ruçi (born 1951)	9 September 2017	10 September 2021	Socialist Party
			4 years and 1 day
38th		Lindita Nikolla (born 1965)	10 September 2021	Incumbent	Socialist Party
			5 months and 5 days

See also[]

• Politics of Albania
• Constitution of Albania
• Parliament of Albania

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