Bledar Çuçi Explained

Bledar Çuçi
Birth Date:14 November 1970
Birth Place:Tirana, Albania
Office:Minister of Internal Affairs
Term End:8 July 2023
President:Ilir MetaBajram Begaj
Primeminister:Edi Rama
Party:Socialist Party
Predecessor:Sandër Lleshaj
Successor:Taulant Balla
Office1:Minister of State for Local Governance
Successor1:Eduard Shalsi
Signature:Bledi Çuçi (nënshkrim).svg
Spouse:Delina Fico
Nationality:Albanian

Bledar "Bledi" Çuçi (born 14 November 1970) is an Albanian politician. From January 2019 until December 2020 he served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the second cabinet of Edi Rama.[1] [2] [3] On 16 December 2020, he was chosen by Prime Minister Edi Rama to serve as Interior Minister following the resignation of Sandër Lleshaj after mass protests hit the country following the police shooting of a 25 year old man who broke quarantine curfew.

Personal life

Cuci is married to Delina Fico, a civil society activist. In the late 90's, Fico was the fiancee of current Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, in whose cabinet Cuci serves.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: 17 January 2019. Albania: New govt ministers sworn in, EU considers it an important moment. Independent Balkan News Agency. live. 13 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913091100/https://balkaneu.com/albania-new-govt-ministers-sworn-ineu-considers-it-an-important-moment/. 13 September 2020.
  2. News: Jonuzaj. Klaudjo. 17 January 2019. Albania’s parliament endorses government reshuffle. SeeNews. live. 13 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190117174258/https://seenews.com/news/albanias-parliament-endorses-government-reshuffle-639691. 17 January 2019.
  3. Web site: 2017-05-11. Formulari i dekriminalizimit dhe CV-ja, kush është Bledi Çuçi (Dokumentet). 2020-11-05. en-US.
  4. Web site: Delina Fico sqaron lidhjen me ministrin Çuçi: S’e kam kompleks, kam që në 1994 në Shoqërinë Civile . 23 November 2016.