Lulzim Basha

Lulzim Basha
Basha in 2016
Leader of the Opposition
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
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
Member of the Albanian Parliament
In office
10 September 2021  8 July 2025
ConstituencyTirana County
In office
2 September 2005  20 February 2019
ConstituencyTirana County (2009-2019)
33th Constituency (2005-2009)
Personal details
Born (1974-06-12) 12 June 1974
Tirana, Albania
Political partyEuroatlantic Democrats (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Party (2005–2024)
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 politician who served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania and as the Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2022. He is the founder of the political party Euroatlantic Democracts.

He was the candidate for the position of the prime minister of Albania for the Democratic Party in the 2017 Albanian parliamentary election and in the 2021 Albanian parliamentary election which he lost in both against the incumbent prime minister Edi Rama.