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Petrit Vasili

Petrit Vasili
Minister of Justice
In office
3 February 2017 – 22 May 2017
Prime MinisterEdi Rama
Preceded byYlli Manjani
Succeeded byGazment Bardhi
Minister of Health
In office
16 September 2009 – 27 June 2012
Prime MinisterSali Berisha
Preceded byAnila Godo
Succeeded byVangjel Tavo
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
September 2013
Chairman of the Socialist Movement for Integration
In office
5 May 2017 – 5 July 2017
Preceded byIlir Meta
Succeeded byMonika Kryemadhi
Personal details
Born (1958-06-04) 4 June 1958 (age 66)
Tirana, Albania
Political partySocialist Movement for Integration
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Petrit Vasili is an Albanian politician. He was the chairman of Socialist Movement for Integration party and minister of health in the cabinet of Sali Berisha.[1]

Early life

Vasili was born on 4 June 1958 in Tirana to Albanian parents of Aromanian descent. Vasili graduated from the University of Tirana where he got his Doctorate in medicine.

Political career

Vasili together with Ilir Meta would go on to create LSI on 6 September 2004. Following the disagreements between Ilir Meta and Fatos Nano.[2] Vasili would become Deputy chair of LSI.

Following the 2009 parliamentary elections the LSI would form a coalition with the PD. Where he became the Minister of Health.[3]

As a result of the 2013 parliamentary elections, The LSI prior would withdraw from the coalition between PD-LSI and would join the PS coalition. Where he was elected as a member of the Assembly, In which he represented the Socialist Integration Movement; he held this mandate from September 30, 2013 to April 23, 2017.  

He held another ministerial position as the head of the Ministry of Justice from 3 February to 22 May 2017.

On 5 May 2017, he replaced Ilir Meta as the chairman of the Socialist Integration Movement due to Meta's Presidential Candidacy. He held the position until 5 July, when he resigned; his successor was Monika Kryemadhi Ilir Meta's wife.[4]

Today Vasili is a critic of Edi Rama and his government. He has argued that Edi Rama has made Albania a autocratic regime.[5]

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