Bajram Begaj

Bajram Begaj is an Albanian politician and military officer serving as president of Albania since 2022. Prior to his election as president, he served as the 26th Chief of General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces from July 2020 to June 2022. On 3 June 2022, Begaj was officially nominated by the governing Socialist Party as the candidate for the fourth round of the 2022 presidential election. He is the second president in post-communist Albania to come from a predominantly military background.