2001 in Albania

← 2000 1999 1998 2001 in Albania → 2002 2003 2004
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2001 List of years in Albania

The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Republic of Albania.

Incumbents

• President: Rexhep Mejdani
• Prime Minister: Ilir Meta

Events

January

• Albania and Yugoslavia re-establish diplomatic relations broken off during the Kosovo crisis in 1999.^[1]

April

• UN says thousands of Albanians are being poisoned by fatal toxins in their environment, urges international community to help.^[1]

July

• Ruling Socialist Party secures second term in office by winning general elections. PM Meta names European integration and an end to energy shortages as his priorities. Meta heads a new coalition government from September.^[1]

December

• Rift widens between Meta and his Socialist Party Chairman Fatos Nano. Nano prompts three ministers to resign and blocks the appointment of their replacements.^[1]

Deaths

• 10 March - Fatmir Haxhiu, Albanian painter
• 22 August - Spiro Koleka, Albanian statesman, communist politician and a high-ranking military officer during World War II.

References

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