The two most sensational moves of Prime Minister Edi Rama today were the moves in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance.
Head of Finance has been proposed by the head of the government, Ervin Mete. Mete will take over the leadership of the ministry, replacing Delina Ibrahimaj. The latter will be in charge of the Ministry for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate, a post previously held by Edona Bilali. Ibrahimaj has had fierce clashes with the Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku in recent months. Even during the summer, the news about the dismissal of Ibrahimaj came out quickly, but that Rama withdrew it, leaving the decision for today.
Who is Ervin Mete?
Ervin Mete is the General Executive Director of the Financial Supervision Authority since May 2020. He previously held the position of Chairman of the Board of the Authority, since September 2019.
Mete has served as Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Minister of Economy (2013-2017), responsible for fiscal policy and economic development. During this period, he was fundamentally involved in the reform of public finance management and the modernization of the fiscal and financial legal framework, including the law "On insurance and reinsurance activity" and the changes in the law "On the Financial Supervision Authority".
Ervin Mete led the high-level group between the Government and the Bank of Albania for the reduction of bad loans in the banking system and held the position of national coordinator for the Program of Economic Reforms with the EU.
Mr. Mete is a fiscal law lecturer at the School of Magistrates. He has served as an expert and consultant for the World Bank (2011), the European Commission (2008) and the UNDP (2007).
Mete holds a Master's degree from Harvard University, USA (LL.M. 2010) and from the London School of Economics - LSE (LL.M. 2009), where he specialized in fiscal law and corporate law. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tirana, with excellent results (2006). Mete is fluent in English and Italian.