{"id":38063,"date":"2022-06-11T13:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T11:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=38063"},"modified":"2022-06-11T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T11:30:34","slug":"putin-congratulates-begaj-on-being-elected-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/putin-congratulates-begaj-on-being-elected-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin congratulates Begaj on being elected President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated on Saturday Bajram Begaj on being elected the new head of the Albanian state.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Embassy in Tirana <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RusEmbassyAlbania\/posts\/329541452684819\">shared<\/a> <\/strong>Putin\u2019s message on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Bajram Begaj was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/06\/04\/bajram-begaj-elected-as-new-albanian-president\/\">appointed<\/a> <\/strong>after a majority vote in parliament on June 4.<\/p>\n<p>He was nominated by the Socialist Party and voted by 78 MPs, 4 were against and 1 abstained.<\/p>\n<p>The President-elect must now wait until July 24 to officially take over the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>After Alfred Moisiu, Bajram Begaj is the second military official to be appointed president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/06\/04\/albania-above-all-else-says-begaj-ahead-of-parliament-vote\/\">\u2018Albania above all else\u2019, says Begaj ahead of parliament vote<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/06\/04\/bajram-begaj-elected-as-new-albanian-president\/\">Bajram Begaj elected as new Albanian President<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/06\/05\/begaj-holds-first-official-visit-as-president-with-moisiu\/\">Begaj holds first official visit as President with Moisiu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated on Saturday Bajram Begaj on being elected the new head of the Albanian state. The Russian Embassy in Tirana shared Putin\u2019s message on Facebook. Bajram Begaj was appointed after a majority vote in parliament on June 4. He was nominated by the Socialist Party and voted by 78 MPs, 4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,1544,150,151,450,770,284],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Putin congratulates Begaj on being elected President - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/putin-congratulates-begaj-on-being-elected-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Putin congratulates Begaj on being elected President - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated on Saturday Bajram Begaj on being elected the new head of the Albanian state. 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