Besfort Lamallari has been delegated by the Minister of Interior Bledi Çuçi to take over the competencies of this post until April 30, due to the election campaign, where Çuçi is the political leader for the Gjirokastra region. 

Who is Besfort Lamallari 

Besfort Lamallari has been Deputy Minister of Interior since October 9, 2017. He was born on July 18, 1987, in Peshkopi, Diber. Lamallari completed his university studies in Law at the University of Tirana in 2009. 

In 2013 he graduated from the University of Oxford in the Master of Science program in Criminology and Criminal Justice. In April 2017, he took over the position of Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs, on issues of the fight against organized crime, drug trafficking, radicalism and terrorism. 

Rotations in the Ministry of Interior 

He has held the post of Deputy Minister of Interior since October 9, 2017, and has held this position at a time when the ministry has changed three heads. Lamallari came to this post at the time when the Ministry of Interior was headed by Fatmir Xhafaj who held its position until October 27, 2018. 

Xhafaj took over the post of Interior Minister in March 2017 following the resignation of Saimir Tahiri and left the post a few weeks later after a political agreement between Rama and Basha passed the leadership of the Interior Ministry to the opposition. 

He was reappointed minister in September 2017 after the Socialist Party won the parliamentary elections. After Xhafaj's departure, the former General Sander Lleshaj came to head the Ministry of Interior, who remained in charge of this department for at least two years, being succeeded in this position by Bledi Çuçi, formerly Minister of Agriculture.

Meanwhile, Besfort Lamallari has been in his duty as Deputy Minister despite these changes in one of the most important ministries in Albania. Now he will lead the Interior Ministry until April 30.