Edmond Spaho

Edmond Spaho (born 14 November 1958 in Tirana) is an Albanian Democratic Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Korca since 25 April 2021.

Edmond Spaho
MP
Member of the Albanian Parliament
for Korca County, Korca
Assumed office
September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09)
Minister of Tourism
In office
April 6, 1993 (1993-04-06) – December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)
Prime MinisterAleksander Meksi
Preceded byOsman Shehu
Succeeded byDashamir Shehi
Personal details
Born (1958-11-14) 14 November 1958
Tirana
NationalityAlbanian
Political partyDemocratic Party of Albania
SpouseElga Spaho
ChildrenTwo daughters, Ami and Megi Spaho
ResidenceTirana
Alma materUniversity of Tirana
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionEconomist

Early life and education

Edmond Spaho is born in Tirana. He studied for economy at the University of Tirana, where he graduated in 1982. In 1992, has completed studies on Financial Programming and Policy at the IMF Institute in Washington, D.C. During 1995-1996 has completed the graduate studies in Business Administration at the Bowling Green State University, Ohio, United States.[1]

Political career

Edmond Spaho has exercised several important positions in the public administration including Deputy General Director of the State Stock, Director of the Macroeconomics Department at the Ministry of Economy.

In May 1992 he was appointed Deputy Minister of The Ministry of Tourism and on 6 April 1993 was appointed as Minister of Tourism, in Aleksander Meksi Government. He left the office on 3 December 1994.

During the period of 1998-2005 he was the Director of Albanian National Training and Technical Assistance Resource Center established by USAID.

He has also been chairman of Albanian Football Federation from 1994 to 1996.

Edmond Spaho is member of the Democratic Party of Albania since its foundation. Since 2001, has also been elected Secretary for the Economy, member of the National Council, and member of the Presidency of the Democratic Party.[2]

Edmond Spaho was elected as a member of the Parliament of Albania in the 2005 general election as a member of the Democratic Party for the Korçë constituency.[3] During the 2005-2009 and 2009-2013 legislatures, has been the Chairman of Standing Committee on Economy and Finance.

He was re-elected as MP in the same electoral zone, thus becoming one of the 56 MPs of the Democratic Party's parliamentary group for the years 2009–2013.[4] He also was re-elected as Member of Parliament in the 2013 elections, where his party lost the elections, thus becoming MP of opposition for next four years.[5] During the legislature 2013–2017 years Mr. Spaho was appointed as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Albania.

In the 2017 general election, Edmond Spaho was elected Member of Parliament in the Elbasan District, thus becoming the Member of Albanian parliament for the fourth consecutive time.[6] He is Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party since 2013 and incumbent leader of the Democratic Party Parliamentary Group since 9 September 2017.[7]

During the 2021 general election, Edmond Spaho was elected for the fifth time as Member of the Albanian Parliament in Korca District.

See also

References
  1. "Republic of Albania, Legislature VIII (2009-2013)". Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2012. p. 77.
  2. "List of MP's of the Parliament of Albania (2005-2009)" (PDF). Parliament of Albania (in Albanian). p. 109.
  3. "List of MP's of the Parliament of Albania (2005-2009)" (PDF). Parliament of Albania (in Albanian). p. 17.
  4. "List of MP's by county for 2009 General Election". Tirana Observer. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. "List of MP's by counties for the 2013 general election" (PDF). Central Election Commission (in Albanian). p. 2.
  6. "List of MPs by counties (2017-2021)" (PDF). Parliament of Albania.
  7. "Democratic Party Parliamentary Group" (PDF). Parliament of Albania.
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