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Recent changes in the government cabinet showed that Edi Rama has his own concept of how the ministries should be run. Giving Blendi Gonxhe the right to administer budget expenditures, culture and innovation showed that a Minister does not necessarily have to focus on one direction. Such have been the cabinets of Edi Rama since 2013, where after co-governance with Ilir Meta, he began to compose the government apparatus alone.
From 2013 to today, the composition of the government cabinet has not always been exclusive to Edi Rama. The assignment of the number of ministers and their portfolios in the first mandate was conditioned by the political coexistence with Ilir Meta, the opponent at the head of the Socialist Movement for Integration, who became your ally on the eve of the elections. Traditionally, the division of power was divided in proportion to the votes received.
The table of the Council of Ministers went up to 21 chairs, marking the largest number of Ministers in a government cabinet. In terms of the political weight of the minister and the thickness of the governing portfolio, some ministers were considered as super ministers. Their budget was not like the others at the 21-seat table.
Two can be singled out, the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth headed by Erion Veliaj until 2015 and then by Blendi Klosi, as well as the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Entrepreneurship, headed by Arben Ahmetaj. It was tasked with spending public money to translate it into investments. Ilir Beqaj in charge of Health and Saimir Tahiri in charge of Internal Affairs were also named super ministers, but this is another story.
With Ilir Meta (who headed towards the Presidency for 5 years), the political coexistence ended after the 2017 elections, when Edi Rama took the second governing mandate and formed the government without the need for any allies. This time, the picture to paint the composition of the Ministers was 100% his, and Edi Rama decided that the direction of the country would be made by 15 Ministers, a drastic reduction compared to the cabinet he had led before, considering that two were Ministers without a wallet.
But the reduction of ministers did not reduce branches of government, they were simply removed somewhere and joined somewhere else, increasing the number of super ministries. Specifically, Arben Ahmetaj became the Minister of Finance and Economy, which in everyday language means a minister who collects money and spends it himself. Damian Gjiknuri had a portfolio with both Infrastructure and Energy, managing Albanian natural and energy resources as well as road construction funds. Ogerta Manastirliu, who during the Rama 1 mandate governed Health after the dismissal of Ilir Beqaj, after 2017 took over social welfare as well. While Blendi Klosi would also hold Tourism and Environment, which would then be taken by Mirela Kumbaro.
From Rama two to Rama three, the prime minister seems to have realized that 15 ministers were not enough. In September 2021 he composed a cabinet with 19 ministries adding 4 new structures, but without giving them money for administration. He brought back the Ministry for Relations with Parliament, the Ministry for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate, the Minister of State for Youth and Children and the Minister of State for Standards and Services.
But their lifespan was not long. In September 2023, he dismissed Edona Bilal and Milva Ekonomi and created a ministry with a portfolio for Arbian Maznik with the creation of the Ministry for Domestic Affairs, a part that for years was held by the Ministry of the Interior.
The last move was a few days ago when Blendi Gonxhen became part of the government, where he changed three ministries with one name. The Ministry of Finance no longer had Economy, Culture was completely dismissed and Innovation was added as a new element.
This latest reshuffle reduced the number of ministries to 17, with only 13 officially managing public money as four are without ministerial portfolio. / A2 CNN
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