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The average age of the new Parliament is 47 years old, Berisha can open the first session because...
2025-05-22 17:27:16 / POLITIKË
Next September, the average age in the Parliament hall will be 47 years old. Of the two main parties, the Democrats are slightly older, with an age of around 50, in terms of MPs who will sit in the Assembly. The other formation is the one that lowers the overall average, as Edi Rama's 83 MPs are slightly older than 45.
Kejdi Mehmetaj of the LSI used to hold the record as the youngest parliamentarian, as she was only 19 years old when she took office. Now, the youngest MP will be 24-year-old Marjana Koçeku, who emerged from the SP lists in Shkodra, followed by Zegjine Çaushi, the 27-year-old Socialist from Fier, who went viral during the campaign with her irony towards Gazment Bardhi.
At the other extreme stands Sali Berisha, who, having served as President and Prime Minister, at 81 years of age enjoys the right to lead Parliament at the opening of the legislature, as the oldest MP in the chamber. If Berisha refuses this "privilege", another Democrat doctor, 76-year-old Tritan Shehu, takes over, while the third candidate comes from the ranks of the Socialists, 68-year-old Vasil Llajo.
Most of the new arrivals to Parliament have been engaged in politics for years, albeit at different levels, as ministers, former mayors or deputy mayors, as well as former directors of institutions. There is also no shortage of those who come from the world of entrepreneurship: economists, lawyers, doctors or teachers.
There have often been representatives from the media field in Parliament, but this time there will be 5 MPs who have graduated from journalism studies or have worked in this sector: Erald Kapri, Ardit Bido, Tedi Blushi or even Minister Arbjan Mazniku. Artists are also not lacking - one of them, Ermal Pacaj, was also part of the LRC music group in Lezha.
Two elected MPs have only a secondary education: socialist entrepreneur Skënder Pashaj and Ana Dajko of the "Albania Becomes" Initiative, which is expected to give the parliamentary mandate to Adriatik Lapaj, according to the agreement between the candidates of this entity.
The profiles of the new MPs will also affect their placement in parliamentary committees, as the SP and DP have removed from their teams the chairmen and deputy chairmen of the 3 permanent committees, starting with Laws, Productive Activity and National Security. With the new formations, there will also be changes in the two special committees: the one for disinformation and the one for anti-corruption./ A2 CNN
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