Arta Dade (born 15 March 1953) is an Albanian politician and former member of

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for the

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. She served from 1997–2007. During her political career, she held several government posts such as

Minister of Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizati ...

and

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, being the first women to be appointed as a Foreign minister. She is currently Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Policy. Dade was born in

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. She graduated from the

University of Tirana The University of Tirana ( sq, Universiteti i Tiranës, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the ''State University of Tirana'' in 1957 through merging of f ...

in English Literature and has worked as a lecturer in the University until 1997, when she started her political career. She represents

Fier County Fier County (; sq, Qarku Fier, italic=unset), officially the County of Fier ( sq, Qarku i Fierit, italic=unset), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the eighth largest by area and the third most populous of the ...

in the Parliament.

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