Ermelinda Meksi

Ermelinda Meksi
Ermelinda Meksi
	Minister of Economy
	In office; 1998–2002
President	Rexhep Meidani
Prime Minister	Pandeli Majko ; Ilir Meta
Personal details
Born	5 January 1957 (age 67)
Nationality	Albanian
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	University of Tirana (Ph.D.)
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Ermelinda Meksi is an Albanian politician, who held different positions in the

Cabinet of Albania during the years 1997 to 2005. She is the first woman to be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, the highest office held by a woman at the time in Albania.^[1]

Biography

Meksi graduated from the University of Tirana in 1979. Later she obtained her PhD in economics there. She worked for many years as a professor at the Faculty of Economics.

In 1992 she was elected a Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania and held this position until November 2011. During the Socialist government she served as Minister of State for Foreign Assistance and Development in 1997 - 1998, than as

Minister of Economy

until 2002. In June 2003 she was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in the new government formed by Fatos Nano and served at this position until December 2003. After that she was appointed as Minister of European Integration, a recently created Ministry, to help the process of European Integration.

Meksi served as Member of the Parliament until 2011, when the mandate was terminated after being elected a member of the Bank of Albania’s Supervisory Council by the Parliament.^[2]

References

^ "Prof. Dr. Ermelinda Meksi". bankofalbania.org. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^ "SP proposes Meksi for Bank Supervision Council - Top Channel". top-channel.tv. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

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[1] "Prof. Dr. Ermelinda Meksi". bankofalbania.org. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2017-06-16.

[2] "SP proposes Meksi for Bank Supervision Council - Top Channel". top-channel.tv. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

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