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Bajram Begaj

Military · Politician

Bajram Begaj is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bajram Begaj · Bajrams Begajs · Bayram Beqay · Μπαϊράμ Μπεγκάι · Байрам Бегай · 13 more...				[sources]
Alias	Bayram Begay · Бегай Байрам · Бегай, Байрам				[sources]
Birth date	1967-03-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Rrogozhinë				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Albania				[sources]
Citizenship	Albania				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Bajram				[sources]
Last name	Begaj				[sources]
Political association	independent politician				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	president.al				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q107422711				[sources]
Position	Chief of the General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces (2020-2022) · President · President of Albania (2022-)				[sources]
Education	University of Medicine, Tirana				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-06	Last processed	2026-02-06	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

incumbent president of Albania

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief of the General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces	2020-07-29	2022-06-04

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Armanda Begaj Politician	spouse	1992	-

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US CIA World Leaders10,983

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,800

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,237

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government873

An index of most national-level heads of state and heads of government in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,072

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DGACM

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions472,667

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-albania-bajram-begaj-president · unprot-f0af13c06239f2acb23c18909ba47171bb91444c · unprot-052060df9379dbaddc161737b637967965e198f8

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