{"id":83107,"date":"2026-02-26T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=83107"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:15:53","slug":"edi-rama-makes-7-government-changes-belinda-balluku-and-elisa-spiropali-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/edi-rama-makes-7-government-changes-belinda-balluku-and-elisa-spiropali-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Edi Rama Makes 7 Government Changes; Belinda Balluku and Elisa Spiropali Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama announced seven changes to the government during today\u2019s meeting of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group. Among the key changes was the appointment of Albana Ko\u00e7iu as Deputy Prime Minister following the dismissal of Belinda Balluku.<\/p>\n<p>Enea Karaka\u00e7i was appointed Minister of Infrastructure, taking over the portfolio previously held by Balluku.<\/p>\n<p>Government Reshuffle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Albana Ko\u00e7iu appointed Deputy Prime Minister.<\/li>\n<li>Besfort Lamallari appointed Minister of Interior.<\/li>\n<li>Ferit Hoxha appointed Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.<\/li>\n<li>Enea Karaka\u00e7i to lead the Ministry of Infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Erjona Ismaili appointed Minister for Relations with Parliament.<\/li>\n<li>Toni Gogu to head the Ministry of Justice.<\/li>\n<li>Ermal Nufi appointed Minister of Defense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The reshuffle marks a significant restructuring within the cabinet, introducing new leadership across several key ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama announced seven changes to the government during today\u2019s meeting of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group. 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Government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":83108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[150,243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edi Rama Makes 7 Government Changes; Belinda Balluku and Elisa Spiropali Leave - 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\/edi-rama-makes-7-government-changes-belinda-balluku-and-elisa-spiropali-leave\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edi Rama Makes 7 Government Changes; Belinda Balluku and Elisa Spiropali Leave - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister Edi Rama announced seven changes to the government during today\u2019s meeting of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group. 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