Petrit Vasili
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
Vasili was born on 4 June 1958 in Tirana. Vasili graduated from the University of Tirana in medicine and completed a postgraduate specialization in Tirana (1984 – 1985) and a doctorate at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome (1988 – 1991).
Political career
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
- ^ [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.