Nominator Bujar Nishani Salary 190.000 lekë | Appointer Albanian Assembly | |
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Succession Assumes viceregal duties upon the death or incapacitation of the President Website www.gjykataelarte.gov.al | ||
The Chief Justice of Albania, officially known as the President of the Supreme Court of Albania (Albanian: Kryetari i Gjykatës së Lartë) is the most senior judge of the Supreme Court of Albania, who presides over every activity of the institution: he approves the internal regulations and the structure of the court, issues orders and directives of an administrative nature, supervises the support function, presides the bench in the United College, appoints the Members of the court into distinct Colleges, employs and dismisses Judicial Assistants as well as the court's administrative staff and oversees the management of the annual budget of the court.
The incumbent President of the Supreme Court is Justice Xhezair Zaganjori, who was appointed to this position by the President on 24 April 2013, after a long and distinguished legal carrier, having last served as a member of the Constitutional Court of Albania.