2009 in Albania
# 2009 in Albania

The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Republic of Albania.

## Incumbents

* President: Bamir Topi
* Prime Minister: Sali Berisha (re-elected)
* Deputy Prime Minister: Ilir Rusmali (until 10 September); Ilir Meta (from 10 September)

## Events

### April

* 2 April - Albania officially joins NATO and formally applies for membership of the European Union.

### July

* Sali Berisha's centre-right Democratic Party wins parliamentary elections by a narrow margin.

### November

* Opposition Socialist Party begins series of demonstrations in Tirana in protest at alleged vote-rigging in the parliamentary election.

## Deaths

* 24 March - Ali Progri, Albanian engineer
* 14 July - Kujtim Majaci, Albanian football player
* 21 November - Teki Biçoku, Albanian geologist and former member and president of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
