Kastriot Islami | |
Office1: | 30th Speaker of the Parliament of Albania |
Predecessor1: | Petro Dode |
Successor1: | Pjetër Arbnori |
Term Start1: | 17 April 1991 |
Term End1: | 6 April 1992 |
Office2: | 61st Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister2: | Fatos Nano |
Predecessor2: | Luan Hajdaraga (Acting) |
Successor2: | Besnik Mustafaj |
Term Start2: | 29 December 2003 |
Term End2: | 12 September 2005 |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1952 |
Birth Place: | Tirana, Albania |
Party: | Democratic Party Socialist Party |
Residence: | Tirana |
Signature: | Kastriot Islami (nënshkrim).svg |
Kastriot Selman Islami (born 18 August 1952 in Tirana, Albania) is an Albanian politician. Formerly member of the Communist Party of Albania, turned moderate Socialist. He was Chairman of the Parliament of Albania from April 17, 1991 to April 6, 1992. On April 3, 1992, when the last communist president, Ramiz Alia resigned, Islami served as acting president for three days. During the presidency of Sali Berisha (1992–1997), Islami had no important positions in the government, but from 1997 to 2005 he was an important person in the government again holding several Ministerial positions in the Socialist "NANO government". Most prominently he was foreign minister from 2003 to 2005, but lost his position in the cabinet when a new government was formed with Berisha as prime minister after the 2005 elections. He returned to Democratic Party on 7 May 2013 after he left the Socialist Party in March.
Islami has held the positions of: