Albanian Presidents and Prime Ministers

This list is comprised of Presidents (Albanian Presidenti) and Prime Ministers (Kryeministri) of Albania. The President is the head of state, while the Prime Minister is the head of government. The offices were established in the years following 1912 when Albania declared independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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NameYearsTypeOther Names
Vilson Ahmeti1991-1992prime minister
Ramiz Alia1991-1992president
Fejzi Alizoti1914prime minister
Bajram Begaj2022-president
Sali Berisha1992-1997; 2005-2013president; prime minister
Ibrahim Biçakçiu1944prime minister
Ylli Bufi1991prime minister
Maliq Bushati1943prime minister
Adil Çarçani1981-1991prime minister
Sulejman Delvina1920prime minister
Pandeli Evangjeli1921prime minister
Bashkim Fino1997prime minister
Mehdi Frashëri1935-1936; 1943prime minister
Enver Hoxha1944-1954prime minister
Qazim Koculi1921prime minister
Idhomeno Kosturi1921prime minister
Kostaq Kota1928-1930; 1936-1939prime minister
Eqrem Libohova1943prime minister
Pandeli Majko1998-1999; 2002prime minister
Rexhep Meidani1997-2002president
Aleksandër Meksi1992-1997prime minister
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja1941-1943prime minister
Ilir Meta1999-2002; 2017-2022prime minister; president
Rexhep Mitrovica1943-1944prime minister
Alfred Moisiu2002-2007president
Fatos Nano1991; 1997-1998; 2002-2005prime minister
Bujar Nishani2012-2017president
Omer Nishani1946-1953president
Fan Noli1924prime minister
Turhan Përmeti1914; 1918-1920prime minister
Hasan Prishtina1921prime minister(Berisha)
Ismail Qemali1912-1914prime minister(Vlora)
Edi Rama2013-prime minister
Mehmet Shehu1954-1981prime minister
Bamir Topi2007-2012president
Essad Pasha Toptani1914-1916prime minister
Shefqet Vërlaci1939-1941prime minister
Iljaz Vrioni1920-1921; 1924; 1924-1925prime minister
Xhafer Ypi1921-1922prime minister
Ahmet Zogu1922-1924; 1925-1928prime minister; president(Zogolli)