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2009 in Albania

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The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Republic of Albania.

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Incumbents

  • President: Bamir Topi
  • Prime Minister: Sali Berisha (re-elected)

    • April

  • 2 April - Albania officially joins NATO and formally applies for membership of the European Union.

    • July

  • Sali Berisha's centre-right Democratic Party wins parliamentary elections by a narrow margin.

    • November

  • Opposition Socialist Party begins series of demonstrations in Tirana in protest at alleged vote-rigging in the parliamentary election.

    • Deaths

  • 24 March - Ali Progri, Albanian engineer
  • 14 July - Kujtim Majaci, Albanian football player
  • 21 November - Teki Biçoku, Albanian geologist and former member and president of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.

    • References

    2009 in Albania Wikipedia
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