Arta Dade
Arta Dade | |
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| Member of the Albanian parliament | |
| In office 1997–2017 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office July 2001 – July 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Ilir Meta |
| Preceded by | Paskal Milo |
| Succeeded by | Ilir Meta |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office July 1997 – April 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Fatos Nano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1953 Tirana, Albania |
| Political party | Socialist Party of Albania |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Tirana |
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Arta Dade (born 15 March 1953) is an Albanian politician and former member of Parliament of Albania for the Socialist Party.[1] She held government posts such as Minister of Culture and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Biography
Dade was born in Tirana, Albania.[2] She graduated from the University of Tirana in English Literature.[2] She worked as a lecturer in the University until 1997, when she started her political career. She had joined the Socialist Party of Albania in 1991 and served as a member of the executive committee from 1992.[2]
Dade served from 1997 to 2007 and represented Fier County in the Parliament of Albania. During her political career, she held several government posts such as Minister of Culture and Minister of Foreign Affairs, being the first women to be appointed as a Foreign minister.[3] She also represented Albania at the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council.[1]
In April 1998, the Greek embassy in Albania put pressure on Fatos Nano to dismiss Dade and the Albanian Minister of Defence Sabit Brokaj, who both opposed the Greek stance on Kosovo, including wanting to arrest Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) operatives in Albania. President Rexhep Meidani refused to sign Nano's order for their removal.[4] In 2000, while Minister of Culture, Dade signed an agreement on cultural cooperation between Albania and Kosovo.[5] Dade was also an advocate of resolving issues in Macedonia by political means with guaranteed minority rights.[6]
In 2004, Dade and Ben Blushi sued the Democratic Party of Albania's Sali Berisha for libel after she was accused of corruption. The case was settled out of court.[7]
In her last years in Parliament, Dade held the role of the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy.[3] In 2016, she was the Chair of the Moldova Group of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
Dade retired from parliamentary politics in 2017.[8] She has continued to be active in Albanian politics, such as giving interviews on current affairs issues[8][9] and speaking at the Socialist Party's 2025 Political Academy for young members.[10]
References
- ^ a b "PACE Member File". Assembly.coe.int. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Elsie, Robert (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-8108-6188-6.
- ^ a b "Albanian Parlament - Chairwoman of Foreign Policy Committee, Mrs. Arta Dade receives the Minister for Dialogue of the Republic of Kosovo, Mrs. Edita Tahiri and the delegation accompanying her". Parlament.al. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ Vickers, Miranda; Pettifer, James (27 October 2006). The Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-0-85771-024-6.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (19 October 2004). Historical Dictionary of Kosova. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8108-5309-6.
- ^ Roudometof, Victor (30 December 2002). Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-313-07721-0.
- ^ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Report Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate by the Department of State in Accordance with Sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2005. p. 1071.
- ^ a b "Arta Dade talks about leaving politics: From a modern party, SP turned into a party where only Rama decides". Vox News. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Rrëfehet Arta Dade: Pse ndërrova qëndrim për Erion Veliajn". Gazeta Tema. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Young SP members, Arta Dade, burst into Rama's eyes: MPs are not elected, releasing a video in which they are servile to the leader". Pamfleti. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.