Lulzim Basha

Lulzim Basha
Basha in 2016
Leader of the Opposition
In office
30 July 2023 – 11 June 2024
PresidentBajram Begaj
Prime MinisterEdi Rama
Preceded byEnkelejd Alibeaj
Succeeded bySali Berisha
In office
15 September 2013 – 21 March 2022
PresidentBujar Nishani
Ilir Meta
Prime MinisterEdi Rama
Preceded byEdi Rama
Succeeded byEnkelejd Alibeaj
Leader of the Democratic Party
In office
30 July 2023 – 11 June 2024
Preceded byEnkelejd Alibeaj
Succeeded bySali Berisha
In office
22 July 2013 – 21 March 2022
Preceded bySali Berisha
Succeeded byEnkelejd Alibeaj
Other political offices 2005–⁠2015
41st Mayor of Tirana
In office
25 July 2011 – 21 July 2015
Preceded byEdi Rama
Succeeded byErion Veliaj
28th Minister of the Interior
In office
17 September 2009 – 25 April 2011
Prime MinisterSali Berisha
Preceded byBujar Nishani
Succeeded byBujar Nishani
47th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
24 April 2007 – 17 September 2009
Prime MinisterSali Berisha
Preceded byBesnik Mustafaj
Succeeded byIlir Meta
Minister of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications
In office
11 September 2005 – 24 April 2007
Prime MinisterSali Berisha
Preceded bySpartak Poçi
Succeeded bySokol Olldashi
Personal details
Born (1974-06-12) 12 June 1974 (age 50)
Tirana
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseAurela Basha
Children2
Alma materUtrecht University (LLB)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer
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Lulzim Basha (listen; born 12 June 1974) is an Albanian lawyer and former politician who served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania and as the Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2022 and again from 2023 until 2024.

He was the candidate of the Democratic Party in the 2017 Albanian parliamentary election and in the 2021 Albanian parliamentary election where he lost in both by the incumbent prime minister Edi Rama.