Flamur Noka | |
Office: | Minister of the Interior |
Primeminister: | Sali Berisha |
Term Start: | 3 July 2012 |
Term End: | 15 September 2013 |
Predecessor: | Bujar Nishani |
Successor: | Saimir Tahiri |
Office2: | Member of the Albanian parliament |
Term Start2: | 2009 |
Term Start1: | 3 June 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Gazment Bardhi |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Signature: | Flamur Noka (nënshkrim).svg |
Office1: | General Secretary of the Democratic Party |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1971 |
Flamur Noka (born March 3, 1971) is an Albanian politician, currently serving as the General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Albania. Born and raised in Kukës, in Albania's northern border with Kosovo, Noka joined the Democratic Party in the early 2000s, and quickly started climbing the ranks. From 2012 to 2013, he was Albania's Minister of the Interior.
Noka is a medical doctor by training. He held positions within the Democratic Party of Albania. He was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania from the Democratic Party of Albania for the Kukes district.[1] [2] [3] In June 2012, he was named the Interior Minister following Bujar Nishani's accession to the Presidency of Albania. In 16 February 2017 he went to Erjon Brace sitting in parliament and hit him in the face, he was obligated to leave the parliament. In 2013 he was replaced as Interior Minister by Saimir Tahiri after the heavy electoral defeat of the Democrat Party at the hands of the Socialists led by the new Prime Minister Edi Rama[4] [5]