
Holta Zaçaj has been elected deputy governor of the Bank of Albania, a few weeks after being elected to the Central Bank with the support of socialist deputies, at the end of her mandate on the Constitutional Court.
The decision was taken this Wednesday, at the meeting of April 1, 2026, by the Supervisory Council of the Bank of Albania.
"In accordance with Article 44 of Law 8269/1997 "On the Bank of Albania", as amended, upon the proposal of the Governor, the Supervisory Council elected and appointed Ms. Holta Zaçaj to the position of First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Albania", the BoA announcement states.
Holta Zaçaj was born on January 12, 1976 in Tirana, and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tirana in 1998. In the period 2007-2008, she completed her master's degree in "Financial Securities and Regulations" at Georgetown University in the USA, within the Fulbright program.
She began her professional career as a lawyer and human rights activist, working from 1999 to 2001 at the Peace Through Justice Center, a war crimes project in Kosovo. Until 2025, she was the President of the Constitutional Court.