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This is a list of heads of state of Albania who have served since the Declaration of Independence of 1912.
Since the collapse of the communist regime in 1991, the head of state of Albania is the president of the republic (Albanian: Presidenti i Republikës). The president is indirectly elected to a five-year term and is limited to a maximum of two terms, as specified by the Constitution. As in most parliamentary systems, the president is now by-and-large a ceremonial office, with the prime minister de facto heading the executive branch.[1]
No. | Portrait | Name | Reign | Royal House | |
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Wilhelm I (1876–1945) ![]() |
7 March 1914 | 3 September 1914 | Wied-Neuwied |
5 months and 27 days | |||||
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Zog I (1895–1961) ![]() |
1 September 1928 | 7 April 1939 | Zogu |
10 years, 7 months and 6 days | |||||
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3 | Vittorio Emanuele III (1869–1947) ![]() |
16 April 1939 | 8 September 1943 | Savoy | |
4 years, 4 months and 23 days |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Party | |
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Omer Nishani (1887–1954) ![]() |
26 May 1944 | 1 August 1953 | Communist Party renamed in 1948 to Party of Labour |
9 years, 2 months and 6 days | |||||
5 | Haxhi Lleshi (1913–1998) ![]() |
1 August 1953 | 22 November 1982 | Party of Labour | |
29 years, 3 months and 21 days | |||||
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Ramiz Alia (1925–2011) ![]() |
22 November 1982 | 3 April 1992 | |
9 years, 4 months and 12 days |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Party | |
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Enver Hoxha (1908–1985) ![]() |
20 October 1944 | 11 April 1985 † | Communist Party renamed in 1948 to Party of Labour |
40 years, 5 months and 22 days | |||||
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Ramiz Alia (1925–2011) ![]() |
13 April 1985 | 13 June 1991 | Party of Labour |
6 years and 21 days |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Nominated by | |
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Ahmet Zogu (1895–1961) ![]() |
31 January 1925 | 1 September 1928 | Conservative Party |
3 years and 7 months | |||||
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Ramiz Alia (1925–2011) ![]() |
30 April 1991 | 3 April 1992 | Party of Labour |
11 months and 4 days | |||||
7 | Sali Berisha (born 1944) ![]() |
9 April 1992 | 24 July 1997 | Democratic Party | |
5 years, 3 months and 15 days | |||||
8 | ![]() |
Rexhep Meidani (born 1944) ![]() |
24 July 1997 | 24 July 2002 | Socialist Party |
5 years | |||||
9 | ![]() |
Alfred Moisiu (born 1929) ![]() |
24 July 2002 | 24 July 2007 | Independent |
5 years | |||||
10 | ![]() |
Bamir Topi (born 1957) ![]() |
24 July 2007 | 24 July 2012 | Democratic Party |
5 years | |||||
11 | ![]() |
Bujar Nishani (1966–2022) ![]() |
24 July 2012 | 24 July 2017 | |
5 years | |||||
12 | ![]() |
Ilir Meta (born 1969) ![]() |
24 July 2017 | 24 July 2022 | Socialist Movement for Integration |
5 years | |||||
13 | ![]() |
Bajram Begaj (born 1967) ![]() |
24 July 2022 | Incumbent | Independent |
1 year, 1 month and 15 days |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Title | |
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Ismail Qemali (1844–1919) ![]() |
28 November 1912 | 22 January 1914 | Chairman of the Provisional Government |
1 year, 1 month and 25 days | |||||
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Fejzi Alizoti (1874–1945) ![]() |
22 January 1914 | 7 March 1914 | Chairman of the Central Administration |
1 month and 13 days | |||||
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Esad Toptani (1863–1920) ![]() |
12 October 1913 | 12 February 1914 | Chairman of the Opposition Council of the Elders of Central Albania |
4 months | |||||
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Mustafa Ndroqi (????–????) |
23 September 1914 | 4 October 1914 | Chairman of the First General Council |
11 days | |||||
3 | ![]() |
Esad Toptani (1863–1920) ![]() |
5 October 1914 | 24 February 1916 | Chairman of the Provisional Government |
1 year, 4 months and 19 days | |||||
Austro-Hungarian Command (23 January 1916 – 30 October 1918) | |||||
4 | ![]() |
Turhan Përmeti (1839–1927) ![]() |
28 December 1918 | 28 January 1920 | Chairman of the Provisional Government |
1 year and 1 month | |||||
5 | ![]() |
Sulejman Delvina (1884–1933) ![]() |
28 January 1920 | 30 January 1920 | Acting Chairman of the Provisional Government |
2 days | |||||
High Council of Regency (30 January 1920 – 31 January 1925) | |||||
6 | ![]() |
Fan Noli (1882–1965) ![]() |
2 July 1924 | 24 December 1924 | Acted in place of the High Council |
5 months and 22 days | |||||
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7 | ![]() |
Xhafer Ypi (1880–1940) ![]() |
9 April 1939 | 12 April 1939 | Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee |
3 days | |||||
8 | ![]() |
Shefqet Vërlaci (1877–1946) ![]() |
12 April 1939 | 16 April 1939 | |
4 days | |||||
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Ibrahim Biçaku (1905–1977) ![]() |
14 September 1943 | 20 October 1943 | Chairman of the Provisional Executive Committee |
1 month and 6 days | |||||
10 | ![]() |
Mehdi Frashëri (1872–1963) ![]() |
20 October 1943 | 25 October 1944 | Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee |
1 year and 5 days | |||||
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11 | Kastriot Islami (born 1952) ![]() |
3 April 1992 | 6 April 1992 | Speaker of the Parliament | |
3 days | |||||
12 | Pjetër Arbnori (1935–2006) ![]() |
6 April 1992 | 9 April 1992 | ||
3 days | |||||
13 | Skënder Gjinushi (born 1949) ![]() |
24 July 1997 | |||
0 days |