Albanian army chief voted in as new president

TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania’s parliament on Saturday voted in chief of defence Bajram Begaj because the nation’s new president, a largely ceremonial place.With 78 votes in favour within the 140-seat parliament, Begaj will run Albania’s highest workplace for the subsequent 5 years. Main Common Bajram Begaj, 55, turned chief of defence of Albania’s armed forces in 2020 after holding totally different positions inside the military, primarily within the area of drugs.Begaj will take workplace in July from outgoing president Ilir Meta. He was elected within the fourth spherical of voting after three earlier rounds failed to succeed in a consensus.

Throughout the first three rounds, a majority of three-fifths of the votes was wanted to vote within the new president. Begaj was elected with a easy majority with the votes of the ruling Socialist Celebration of Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The position of president is essentially symbolic, although it has some powers over the judiciary and the navy.

(Reporting by Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga; Enhancing by Christina Fincher)