{"id":83224,"date":"2026-03-04T17:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=83224"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:23:28","slug":"president-begaj-decrees-changes-in-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/president-begaj-decrees-changes-in-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"President Begaj Decrees Changes in the Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic, Bajram Begaj, on Wednesday decreed the dismissal of Ferit Hoxha from his position as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the Mission of Albania to the European Union. He also decreed Hoxha\u2019s appointment as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Begaj also decreed several changes in the government, including the dismissal of Belinda Balluku from her positions as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy. The president also decreed the dismissal of Elisa Spiropali as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and Pirro Vengu as Minister of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissals of Albana Ko\u00e7iu, Besfort Lamallari, and Toni Gogu were also decreed by the President as they take on new positions.<\/p>\n<p>The President decreed the appointment of the following officials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Albana Ko\u00e7iu \u2013 Deputy Prime Minister<\/li>\n<li>Ferit Hoxha \u2013 Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Besfort Lamallari \u2013 Minister of Interior<\/li>\n<li>Ermal Nufi \u2013 Minister of Defense<\/li>\n<li>Toni Gogu \u2013 Minister of Justice<\/li>\n<li>Enea Karaka\u00e7i \u2013 Minister of Infrastructure and Energy<\/li>\n<li>Erjona Ismaili \u2013 Minister of State for Relations with Parliament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic, Bajram Begaj, on Wednesday decreed the dismissal of Ferit Hoxha from his position as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the Mission of Albania to the European Union. 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Begaj also decreed several changes in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":83225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Begaj Decrees Changes in the Government - 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\/president-begaj-decrees-changes-in-the-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Begaj Decrees Changes in the Government - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The President of the Republic, Bajram Begaj, on Wednesday decreed the dismissal of Ferit Hoxha from his position as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the Mission of Albania to the European Union. 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