Petrit Vasili is an

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

n politician. He was the chairman of

Socialist Movement for Integration The Freedom Party (, PL), formerly known as the Socialist Movement for Integration (, LSI), is a social democratic political party in Albania. The party was formed on 6 September 2004, when Ilir Meta defected from the Socialist Party of Albania ...

party and

minister of health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

in the cabinet of

Sali Berisha Sali Berisha (; born 15 October 1944) is an Albanian cardiologist and conservative politician who served as the president of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and as the 32nd Prime Minister of Albania, prime minister of Albania from 2005 to 2013. Berisha ...

Early life

Vasili was born on 4 June 1958 in Tirana. Vasili graduated from the

University of Tirana The University of Tirana (, 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 (SUT) in 1957 through merging of five existing institutes ...

in medicine and completed a postgraduate specialization in Tirana (1984 – 1985) and a doctorate at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome (1988 – 1991).

Political career

Vasili together with Ilir Meta would go on to create LSI on 6 September 2004. Following the disagreements between

Ilir Meta Ilir Rexhep Meta (; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian former politician who served as President of Albania from 2017 to 2022. Previously Meta served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and he was Speaker of the Parliament of Albania from 2013 ...

and

Fatos Nano Fatos Thanas Nano (; born 16 September 1952) is an Albanian socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of Albania in 1991, from 1997 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2005. He was the first leader and founder of the Socialist Party of Albania and ...

. Vasili would become Deputy chair of LSI. Following the 2009 parliamentary elections the LSI would form a coalition with the PD, where he became the Minister of Health. As a result of the 2013 parliamentary elections, The LSI prior would withdraw from the coalition between PD-LSI and would join the PS coalition. Where he was elected as a member of the Assembly, In which he represented the Socialist Integration Movement; he held this mandate from September 30, 2013 to April 23, 2017. He held another ministerial position as the head of the Ministry of Justice from 3 February to 22 May 2017. On 5 May 2017, he replaced Ilir Meta as the chairman of the Socialist Integration Movement due to Meta's Presidential Candidacy. He held the position until 5 July, when he resigned; his successor was Monika Kryemadhi Ilir Meta's wife. Today Vasili is a critic of Edi Rama and his government. He has argued that Edi Rama has made Albania a autocratic regime.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vasili, Petrit Living people People from Tirana Socialist Movement for Integration politicians Justice ministers of Albania Government ministers of Albania Health ministers of Albania 1958 births