Petrit Vasili
Petrit Vasili | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 3 February 2017 – 22 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Edi Rama |
| Preceded by | Ylli Manjani |
| Succeeded by | Gazment Bardhi |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 16 September 2009 – 27 June 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Sali Berisha |
| Preceded by | Anila Godo |
| Succeeded by | Vangjel Tavo |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office September 2013 | |
| Chairman of the Socialist Movement for Integration | |
| In office 5 May 2017 – 5 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ilir Meta |
| Succeeded by | Monika Kryemadhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1958 Tirana, Albania |
| Political party | Socialist Movement for Integration |
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Petrit Vasili is an Albanian politician. He was the chairman of Socialist Movement for Integration party and minister of health in the cabinet of Sali Berisha.[1]
Early life
[edit]Vasili was born on 4 June 1958 in Tirana to Albanian parents of Aromanian descent. Vasili graduated from the University of Tirana where he got his Doctorate in medicine.
Political career
[edit]Vasili together with Ilir Meta would go on to create LSI on 6 September 2004. Following the disagreements between Ilir Meta and Fatos Nano.[2] Vasili would become Deputy chair of LSI.
Following the 2009 parliamentary elections the LSI would form a coalition with the PD. Where he became the Minister of Health.[3]
As a result of the 2013 parliamentary elections, The LSI prior would withdraw from the coalition between PD-LSI and would join the PS coalition. Where he was elected as a member of the Assembly, In which he represented the Socialist Integration Movement; he held this mandate from September 30, 2013 to April 23, 2017.
He held another ministerial position as the head of the Ministry of Justice from 3 February to 22 May 2017.
On 5 May 2017, he replaced Ilir Meta as the chairman of the Socialist Integration Movement due to Meta's Presidential Candidacy. He held the position until 5 July, when he resigned; his successor was Monika Kryemadhi Ilir Meta's wife.[4]
Today Vasili is a critic of Edi Rama and his government. He has argued that Edi Rama has made Albania a autocratic regime.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ LSI-ja shpallet parti (6 Shtator 2004), retrieved 2023-12-27
- ^ "What did Petrit Vasili say when he was Minister of Health 9 years ago about the 4 diseases that invaded the country". November 11, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ Mejdini, Fatjona (June 29, 2017). "Albania's 'First Lady' to run Country's Third Party".
- ^ "'Durres Port', Vasili for Rama's statement: Giant mafia lie!". January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.