Majko II Government

The Majko II Government was the 61st ruling government of the Republic of Albania, led by prime minister Pandeli Majko. It was officially mandated by president Rexhep Meidani on 22 February 2002.[1] After the 2001 parliamentary elections, the alliance led by the Socialist Party won a seat majority for the second consecutive time and managed to form a government headed by Ilir Meta but due to internal conflicts within the party, Meta was forced to offer his resignation on 29 January 2002. Majko managed to persuade most of the party hierarchy, including its chairman Fatos Nano, to form a new government, although as it turned out, for the same reasons as the Meta II Government, he offered his resignation a few months later on 25 July 2002.

Majko II Government

61st Government of Albania
Date formed22 February 2002 (2002-02-22)
Date dissolved31 July 2002 (2002-07-31)
People and organisations
PresidentRexhep Meidani
Alfred Moisiu
ChairpersonNamik Dokle
Prime MinisterPandeli Majko
Deputy Prime MinisterSkënder Gjinushi
Total no. of members140
Member partiesPS
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition partiesPD, PR
Opposition leaderSali Berisha
History
Election(s)2001 election
PredecessorMeta II Government
SuccessorNano IV Government

Overview

A few months after the formation of the Meta II Government, in the Socialist Party (PS), debates broke out between the incumbent Prime Minister and the party chairman, Mr. Fatos Nano. The conflict escalated in early December 2001 when the party chairman convened for three consecutive days the General Steering Committee of the Socialist Party or as it was otherwise known by the acronym KPD.[2] In this committee, he accuses some ministers of the Meta government of being corrupt, incompetent, and not reflecting the will of the voters of PS.[3] This led to the resignation of 4 ministers in those days, whom Meta replaced by taking the decree of the President a few days later, but Nano refused to give his consensus resulting in a non-vote on the parliament.[4] President Meidani did not hesitate to take the case to the Constitutional Court and threatened to dissolve parliament.[5]

However, in order to pave the way for a solution, Ilir Meta himself offered his resignation as Prime Minister on 29 January 2002.[6] Nano, on the other hand, could not offer himself as a new candidate for Prime Minister because according to the statute of the Socialist Party, the role of PM and the party chairman could not be exercised simultaneously. Fearing the same situation as in Meta government and willing to consolidate his power in the party, he chose the latter instead of governing the country.[7]

Majko, on the other hand, volunteered to govern the country for a second time, and given that he was a figure that found consensus from both factions in the party, he began working to form a new government trying to persuade both sides. This in fact suited Nano's situation, as it gave him time to start a process within the party to change the statute and allow him to exercise simultaneously the chairman and prime minister.

Cabinet
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister22 February 200225 July 2002 PS
Deputy Prime Minister22 February 200231 July 2002 PSD
Ministry of Finances22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Public Order
Stefan Çiba
22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Defence22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Foreign Affairs22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Justice
Spiro Peçi
22 February 200231 July 2002 Independent
Ministry of Economy22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Education and Science
Luan Memushi
22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Agriculture
Agron Duka
22 February 200231 July 2002 Independent
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs22 February 200231 July 2002 PSD
Ministry of Health
Mustafa Xhani
22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
Agron Tato
22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Environment
Lufter Xhuveli
22 February 200231 July 2002 PAA
Ministry of Transport
Maqo Lakrori
22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Industry and Energy
Viktor Doda
22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Trade22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Ministry of Local Government and Decentralization22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Minister of State for European Integration
As minister without portfolio		22 February 200231 July 2002 PS
Minister of State
As minister without portfolio
Ndre Legisi
22 February 200231 July 2002 PS

See also

Sources
  • Dervishi, Kastriot (2005), Historia e shtetit shqiptar 1912–2005: organizimi shtetëror, jeta politike, ngjarjet kryesore, të gjithë ligjvënësit, ministrat dhe kryetarët e shtetit shqiptar në historinë 93-vjeçare të tij (in Albanian), Shtëpia Botuese 55, OCLC 123286739
  • "Official Gazette of the Republic of Albania". Center of Official Publications (in Albanian).

References
  1. "BBC në Shqip | Lajme | Parlamenti aprovon qeverinë e re". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  2. "Debatet e plota të Fatos Nanos me ministrat e Qeverisë Meta (Mbledhja e KPD - Dhjetor 2001)". Tv Klan. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  3. "META DHE NANO BEJNE LUFTE PER PUSHTET". Radio Evropa e Lirë (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  4. "Cilat janë pasojat e konfrontimit Nano-Meta?". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  5. "Meidani, i kërkon Gjykatës Kushtetuese të qartësojë rolin e presidentit (21 Dhjetor 2001)". Tv Klan. 2001-12-21. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  6. "Kryeministri Meta jep dorëheqjen (29 janar) - 2002-01-29". VOA (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  7. KPD voton pro unifikimit të mandateve të kryetarit me atë të kryeministrit [The KPD votes in favor of unifying the mandates of the chairman with that of the prime minister] (in Albanian). Tirana: RTV Klan. 15 July 2002. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
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