Jorida Tabaku
Albanian politician (born 1979)
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Jorida Hasan Tabaku (born 1 July 1979) is an Albanian politician. She has been a member of the Democratic Party of Albania since 2013. She is also a Deputy Mayor of Tirana from 2011 to 2015.
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Jorida Tabaku | |
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| Member of the Albanian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 10 September 2021 | |
| Constituency | Tirana County |
| In office 9 September 2013 – 19 February 2019 | |
| Constituency | Tirana County |
| Deputy Mayor of Tirana | |
| In office 2011–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Albana Dhimitri |
| Succeeded by | Enno Bozdo |
| Deputy Minister of European Integration | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Zef Bushati |
| Succeeded by | Grida Duma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jorida Hasan Tabaku 1 July 1979 |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| University of Tirana (BA) University of Durham (MA) | |
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| Website | joridatabaku |
Early life and education
Tabaku graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Tirana in 2002.[1] She completed a Master of Arts degree at Durham University Business School in 2005.[1] In 2009 she received a doctorate in Economics from the University of Tirana.[2]
Career
From 2002, Tabaku lectured in the Management Department at the University of Tirana.[3][1] Until 2004 she was also involved in a USAID project for designing and managing the construction of a new library at the University of Tirana.[1]
In 2006, she was hired as a local consultant in the DFID project on Strengthening Public Expenditure Management in Albania, implemented by REPIM.[1]
Political career
In 2009, Tabaku was appointed Deputy Minister of European Integration, a position she held until mid-2011.[4]
In 2011, Tabaku chaired the list of the Municipal Advisors of Tirana for the Democratic Party of Albania (DP), and in July 2011 she was appointed Deputy Mayor of Tirana.[4]
In the 2013 Albanian parliamentary election, Tabaku was elected a Member of the Parliament of Albania for Tirana, representing the DP.[5] She is the Deputy Chair of the DP and Chair of the European Affairs Committee in the Albanian Parliament, and also a member of the Economic and Finance Committee.[4]
On May 14, 2025, it was made known that Tabaku won her mandate as a member of parliament from the Democratic Party and will be in parliament. But after a considerable and large number of votes, she won her mandate as a politician against Ilir Alimehmeti.[6]