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Petrit Vasili

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Petrit Vasili
Minister of Justice
In office
3 February 2017 – 22 May 2017
Prime MinisterEdi Rama
Preceded byYlli Manjani
Succeeded byGazment Bardhi
Minister of Health
In office
16 September 2009 – 27 June 2012
Prime MinisterSali Berisha
Preceded byAnila Godo
Succeeded byVangjel Tavo
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
September 2013
Chairman of the Socialist Movement for Integration
In office
5 May 2017 – 5 July 2017
Preceded byIlir Meta
Succeeded byMonika Kryemadhi
Personal details
Born (1958-06-04) 4 June 1958 (age 66)
Tirana, Albania
Political partySocialist 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ LSI-ja shpallet parti (6 Shtator 2004), retrieved 2023-12-27
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Mejdini, Fatjona (June 29, 2017). "Albania's 'First Lady' to run Country's Third Party".
  5. ^ "'Durres Port', Vasili for Rama's statement: Giant mafia lie!". January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.