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Edi Rama (born 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, artist, writer, and the current Prime Minister of Albania since 2013. He has also been leader of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. Rama served in the government as Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports from 1998 to 2000, and he was Mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011. He led a coalition of socialist and left-wing parties that won the June 2013 parliamentary election, defeating the conservative bloc of Prime Minister Sali Berisha. ==Personal life== Rama was born in Tirana to Kristaq Rama, a sculptor and native of Durrës, and Aneta Rama (née Koleka), a graduate in medicine from Vuno.〔http://www.gazetadita.al/edi-rama-do-jete-deputet-i-vlores/〕 He is a relative of late communist politician Spiro Koleka through his mother.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Gazeta Kritika )〕 Rama himself was baptized Catholic, not Orthodox, but he has stated that “I do not practice any faith other than to the self and other people, but I don’t believe that the existence or non-existence of God is a matter that can ever be resolved by mortals.” As a teenager, Rama became involved in sports〔Rowland, Jacky (17 June 2004). ("The Mayor Who Brought Colour to Albania" ). BBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2014.〕 by becoming a player of Dinamo, a leading basketball team, and the Albania national basketball team.〔("EDI RAMA" ) Retrieved 1 July 2015〕 Following the collapse of communism in Albania, he became involved with the first democratic movements. He entered the student movement but soon left after a quarrel over ideological matters. Meanwhile, while a professor at the Academy of Arts of Albania, Rama published a book with various notes together with publicist Ardian Klosi entitled ''Refleksione''. He also became engaged – and later married – to actress Matilda Makoçi, with whom he had a son, Gregor Rama. He separated from Makoçi and in 1994 emigrated abroad. Upon arriving in France, he conducted the life of an artist by taking part in many exhibitions with his close friend Anri Sala. In January 1997, during one of his trips back to Albania he was physically assaulted. In 1998, Rama was asked by Prime Minister Fatos Nano to become Minister of Culture. He accepted and immediately became known for his extravagance in a variety of ways. In October 2000, he entered and won the race for the Tirana mayorship as a Socialist Party candidate against writer Besnik Mustafaj. After taking office, he undertook a radical campaign to return many portions of Tirana's center and Lana River into their original forms by demolishing hundreds of illegal buildings. In 2003, he appeared before the Albanian parliament in an inquiry commission on abuse of funds in the Municipality of Tirana. During the session, he was seen speaking using a loudspeaker. The commission was eventually closed and Rama acquitted. Also in 2003, he won a second term by defeating lawyer Spartak Ngjela, and a third consecutive term by beating Democratic Party of Albania candidate Sokol Olldashi. During the later campaign, his rivals published some photos of Rama in intimate poses on a nudist beach in southern France.〔http://www.gazeta55.al/index.php?kat=politike&artikulli=10475〕 In October 2005, Rama became the leader of the Socialist Party following the resignation of Fatos Nano. As mayor he compiled the Tirana City Master Plan including the Skanderbeg Square project.〔Skanderbeg Square#New plan〕 In 2010, Rama married Lindita Basha (also known as Lindita Xhillari), a civil society activist. She is Muslim.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edi Rama martohet fundjavën e ardhshme - Lajme - Top Channel )〕 In the 2011 local elections, Rama lost by a small margin to a young candidate of the Coalition of the Citizen, Lulzim Basha. The elections were criticized by the monitors and the international community as they were decided in a debatable court ruling.〔Albanian local elections, 2011#Tirana election〕 The first ballot count gave Rama the victory by a margin of 10 votes, but afterwards the Central Electoral Committee decided to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots cast in the wrong boxes. In November 2011, Rama published a reflection book on his years as mayor of Tirana entitled ''Kurban''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edi Rama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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