Liri Berisha

Liri Berisha
Liri Berisha (cropped)
First Lady of Albania
In role
9 April 1992 – 24 July 1997
PresidentSali Berisha
Preceded bySemiramis Xhuvani (1986)
Succeeded byLidra Meidani
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Albania
In role
11 September 2005 – 15 September 2013
Prime MinisterSali Berisha
Preceded byXhoana Nano
Succeeded byLinda Rama
Personal details
Born
Slobodanka Ramaj

(1948-07-05) 5 July 1948 (age 76)
Tirana, Albania
Spouse
(m. 1971)
Children2
Parents
  • Rexhep Ramaj Balidemaj
  • Milica Bulatović
Alma materUniversity of Tirana
Sali and Liri Berisha with Barack and Michelle Obama, September 2009

Liri Berisha (née Ramaj; born 5 July 1949) is an Albanian pediatrician and president of the Albanian Children Foundation, and also a UNICEF ambassador.

She is the wife of Sali Berisha, the former President and Prime Minister of Albania, with whom she has two children, daughter Argita and son Shkëlzen.