Eduard Halimi | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Mp: | Berat |
Parliament: | Albanian |
Term End: | 18 February 2019 |
Office1: | Minister of Justice |
Primeminister1: | Sali Berisha |
Predecessor1: | Bujar Nishani |
Successor1: | Nasip Naço |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1972 |
Birth Place: | Korçë |
Nationality: | Albanian |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Children: | Two |
Alma Mater: | University of Tirana |
Signature: | Eduard Halimi (nënshkrim).svg |
Eduard Halimi (born 8 December 1972) was Albania's Minister of Justice from 2011 until 2013.[1]
Halimi was born in Korca on 8 December 1972.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in law at the University of Tirana in 1995. He has held the title 'Magistrate' since 2000.[2] He also graduated from the Police Academy in 1997.[1]
Halimi worked as a lawyer until 2005. During this period, he also served as an expert to the parliamentary inquiry committees.[1] In October 2005, he was named as the Deputy Minister of Justice. In 2007, he was also elected as a Member of the Municipal Council of Tirana. He was appointed the State General Advocate in 2008.[1] He was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania in 2009.[3] [4] During his tenure, he was the Secretary of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Albanian Parliament from 2009 to July 2011 .[1] He was appointed Minister of Justice on 21 July 2011.[1] [5] Halimi is also a member of the Albanian High Council of Justice.[6]