Edi Rama

Edi Rama
Edi Rama
	Rama in 2025
33rd Prime Minister of Albania
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 September 2013
President	Bujar Nishani; Ilir Meta; Bajram Begaj
Deputy	See list Niko Peleshi; Ledina Mandia; Senida Mesi; Erion Braçe; Arben Ahmetaj; Belinda Balluku;
Preceded by	Sali Berisha
Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 October 2005
Preceded by	Fatos Nano
Preceded by
Other political offices
Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
	In office; 1 January 2020 – 1 January 2021
Preceded by	Miroslav Lajčák
Succeeded by	Ann Linde
40th Mayor of Tirana
	In office; 11 October 2000 – 25 July 2011
Preceded by	Albert Brojka
Succeeded by	Lulzim Basha
40th Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 21 January 2019 – 31 December 2020 Serving with Gent Cakaj
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ditmir Bushati
Succeeded by	Olta Xhaçka
22nd Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports
	In office; 2 October 1998 – 26 October 2000
Prime Minister	Pandeli Majko; Ilir Meta
Preceded by	Arta Dade
Succeeded by	Esmeralda Uruçi
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Personal details
Born	Edvin Kristaq Rama; 4 July 1964; Tirana, PR Albania
Party	Socialist
Spouses	; Matilda Makoçi (m. 1986; div. 1991) ; Linda Basha (m. 2010)
Children	Greg Rama; Zaho Rama;
Parents	Kristaq Rama (father); Aneta Rama (mother);
Alma mater	Academy of Arts
Signature
Website	ps.al/familja-jone kryeministria
	Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
High school	Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum
College	Tirana University of Arts
Career history
0000	Dinamo Tirana
0000	Albania national team

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Edi Rama (born Edvin Kristaq Rama; 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, artist, and writer who has served as prime minister of Albania since 2013 and as chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 1998 to 2000 and the mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011.

A coalition of centre-left parties led by Rama in the 2013 parliamentary election defeated the incumbent centre-right coalition led by Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party of Albania. Rama was appointed prime minister for additional terms following parliamentary elections in 2017, 2021, and 2025.

Rama is the only Albanian prime minister to have won four consecutive terms. During Rama's tenure, Albania has seen economic growth but also democratic backsliding, with various sources describing his rule as autocratic. Albania has also continued to suffer from emigration.

Rama was one of the initiators of Open Balkan, an economic zone of the Western Balkan countries intended to guarantee the "Four Freedoms".